help_text for username and email fields always output in browser - django

Question

I have this model:
class User(AbstractUser):
REQUIRED_FIELDS = []
USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'
email = models.EmailField(
_('email address'),
max_length=150,
unique=True,
help_text=_('Required. 150 characters of fewer. Must be a valid email address.'),
error_messages={
'unique':_("A user with that email address already exists."),
},
)
this form class:
class UserForm(forms.ModelForm):
password = forms.CharField(widget=forms.PasswordInput)
class Meta:
model = User
fields = ['username','email','password']
this view class:
class UserFormView(View):
form_class = UserForm
template_name = 'workoutcal/register.html'
def get(self, request):
print("Hi again")
form = self.form_class(None)
return render(request, self.template_name, {'form':form})
def post(self, request):
form = self.form_class(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
user = form.save(commit=False)
username = form.cleaned_data['username']
password = form.cleaned_data['password']
user.set_password(password)
user.save()
user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
if user is not None:
if user.is_active:
login(request, user)
return redirect('workoutcal:calendar')
return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})
and this url:
url(r'^register/$', views.UserFormView.as_view(), name='register')
So when I go to /workoutcal/register, I see this:
The "help text" is always shown in the browser. Is this default Django behaviour, or is it due to some error I have made?
Also, how do I make the text only show up if the user has entered bad data into the respective fields?

Answer 1

Yes if you are using {{ form }} in your template
It will always show help_text, label, errors and widget automatically
If you don't want that you need to render form manually by looping over fields
<form method="post" novalidate>
{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.non_field_errors }}
{% for hidden_field in form.hidden_fields %}
{{ hidden_field.errors }}
{{ hidden_field }}
{% endfor %}
{% for field in form.visible_fields %}
<div class="fieldWrapper">
{{ field.errors }}
{{ field.label_tag }} {{ field }}
{{ field.help_text }} <!-- remove this line if you don't want to show it in your html.-->
</div>
{% endfor %}
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
For more read docs: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/forms/