CKEditor doesn't save data - django

Question

I'm using CKEditor for a form. In the admin it works fine, but when using it in the ModelForm of a CreateView the editor doesn't save data. As in the official docs, with this code:
class EventForm(forms.ModelForm):
description = forms.CharField(widget=CKEditorWidget())
image = forms.ImageField(widget=forms.ClearableFileInput(), required=False)
class Meta:
model = Event
fields = ['title', 'description', 'type', 'start_date', 'end_date', 'fee']
And this html:
<div>
<form hx-post="{{ request.path }}" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="modal-content">
{% csrf_token %}
<div class="modal-header">
<h1>Create new event</h1>
<button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
{{form.media}}
{{form.as_p}}
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-bs-dismiss="modal">Cancel</button>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</div>
</form>
</div>
It won't let me submit the form as it will keep saying that the description field is required. Trying to add the CKEditor widget field in the init method, with this code:
class EventForm(forms.ModelForm):
image = forms.ImageField(widget=forms.ClearableFileInput(), required=False)
class Meta:
model = Event
fields = ['title', 'description', 'type', 'start_date', 'end_date', 'fee']
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(EventForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.fields['start_date'].widget = forms.SelectDateWidget()
self.fields['end_date'].widget = forms.SelectDateWidget()
self.fields['description'].widget = CKEditorWidget()
The form will be sent, and the instance created. However, the 'description' field will be empty even if I enter some content. This is my view:
class CreateEvent(LoginRequiredMixin, CreateView):
model = Event
form_class = EventForm
template_name = 'events/events_form.html'
success_url = reverse_lazy('events:index')
def form_valid(self, form):
form.instance.author = self.request.user
event_obj = form.save(commit=True)
image = self.request.FILES.get('image')
if image:
EventImage.objects.create(title=event_obj.title, image=image, event=event_obj)
return HttpResponse(status=204, headers={'HX-Trigger' : 'eventsListChanged'})
How should I make sure the data is being saved from the CKeditor?

Answer 1

In models.py
from ckeditor.fields import RichTextField
In your model
description = RichTextField()
You don't need to do anything in the forms.py except putting it in the fields list

Answer 2

You can use hx-vals to pass description value manually.
Something like this should work:
hx-vals="js:{description: CKEDITOR.instances.id_description.getData()}"