Django - Using forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple - django

Question

I'm trying to create a multi-select list of checkboxes for names in a database.
I thought I could do the below in the from, and do some kind of loop in the template to render each name, but noting I try works. Is this the correct approach, any clues on how to render this in the template?
Thanks
from django import forms
from .models import Player
class PlayerForm(forms.Form):
team = forms.MultipleChoiceField(
widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple,
choices=[Player.objects.all()]
)
from django.db import models
class Player(models.Model):
lname = models.CharField(max_length=10, verbose_name='Last Name')
fname = models.CharField(max_length=10, verbose_name='First Name')
wins = models.SmallIntegerField(default=0, null=True, blank=True)
loss = models.SmallIntegerField(default=0, null=True, blank=True)
def __str__(self):
return "{}".format(self.lname)
class Meta:
ordering = ['lname']

Answer 1

Not entirely. If you need to select a option among model options, you should use a ModelMultipleChoiceField field [Django-doc]. This will not only make it more convenient to work with data, but it will furthermore each time query the database, such that, if you add a new Player, one can select that one.
You thus can implement this as:
class TeamForm(forms.Form):
team = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple,
queryset=Player.objects.all()
)
It might furthermore be better to name your form TeamForm, since you here do not create/update/... a Player, but you select a team.