Crispy-forms form.name renders rubbish - django

Question

I'm trying to render a form but the {{form.name}} renders rubbish. The problem is that I can't even debug this to figure where the thing gets crooked.
The form:
class ActionItemForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = ActionItem
fields = ('project', 'portfolio', 'name', 'description', 'resolution', 'parent', 'priority', 'status', 'assignee', 'due_date')
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.helper = FormHelper()
self.helper.form_tag = False
self.helper.layout = Layout()
super(ActionItemForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
The view:
def action_item_actions(request, action_item_id, action_code):
def enrich_form(wf_item, form):
form.id = 'edit_action_item'
form.name = form.id
form.title = wf_item.name
form.action = '/forms/action_item/edit/%s' % action_item_id
return form
action_item = ActionItem.objects.get(id=action_item_id)
wf_item = action_item.wf_get_action_by_code(action_code)
if wf_item:
if wf_item.trans_to:
form = ActionItemForm(instance=action_item, initial={action_item.get_wf_field(): type(getattr(action_item, action_item.get_wf_field())).objects.get(id=wf_item.trans_to)})
else:
form = ActionItemForm(instance=action_item)
form = enrich_form(wf_item, form)
for field in form.Meta.fields:
if field not in wf_item.fields:
form.helper.layout.fields.append(Field(field, type='hidden'))
return render_to_response('forms/modal_form.html', {'form': form}, template.RequestContext(request))
else:
return render_to_response('forms/message.html', {'message': Message('Error', 'WF Descriptor not found')}, template.RequestContext(request))
When the form exists the view, the form.name is correct:
Now when the form enters the template, it's still ok:
The view is quite simple:
{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
<form id="{{ form.id }}" role="form" class="small" name="{{ form.name }}">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button>
<h4 class="modal-title" id="myModalLabel">{{ form.title }}</h4>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
{% crispy form %}
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
<input type="button" class="btn btn-primary" value="Save" id="" onclick="submit_form('{{ form.id }}','{{ form.action }}')">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
However, the form tag is rendered as this:
<form id="edit_action_item" role="form" class="small" name="<input id="id_name" maxlength="256" name="name" type="text" value="Test action item" />">
How can I track down where this gets broken? I kind of suspect that it gets broken because form may be potentially mixing the 'name' field with the form.name attribute.

Answer 1

You have field name in your form. So {{ form.name }} returns output for field name. You can put form name to other variable in __init__:
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.helper = FormHelper()
self.helper.form_tag = False
self.helper.layout = Layout()
super(ActionItemForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.form_name = self.name # this line added
and call {{ form.form_name }} in template

Answer 2

<section class="form">
<h5>Contact Form</h5>
<h6>Let Us Know</h6>
<form action="{% url 'web:contact' %}" method="post" class="ajax">
{% csrf_token %}
<p class="left">
<label for="{{form.name.label.id_for_label}}">
{{form.name.label}}
{% if form.name.field.required %}
<small class="star">*</small>
{% endif %}
</label>
{{form.name}}
{% if form.name.errors %}
<span class="error">{{form.name.errors.as_text}}</span>
{% endif %}
</p>
</form>
</section>