achieve full customisation with django forms - django

Question

I have a model with the following fields
class Entry(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=50)
comments = models.TextField()
start = models.DateField()
end = models.DateField()
remind = models.BooleanField()
and a modelform
class EntryForm(models.Model):
class Meta:
model = Entry
I want to render a form using bootstrap 3. I can render the form using the same kind of form e.g all fields horizontal or divide them by three in a row. How about more customization. Like
<label title>
<input title>
<label comments>
<input comments>
<label start> <label end>
<input start> <input end>
<label remind><input remind>
I guess this should be done manually. How can I know to which field of the form i am refering in the template. And by which field i mean is it title, is it comments? Is this correct (suppose the view has passed a form argument to the template) something like
<label for={{form.title.auto_id}}>Title</label>
{{form.title}}
is that correct? Now i can place what ever div's and arrange form fields as I like correct?Is that the right way?
How powerfull can a form of django be?

Answer 1

Here's a thought... Django has extensive, well-written documentation:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/#customizing-the-form-template
Instead of guessing random things you could just read the docs.
Additionally there are a number of Django apps designed to simplify outputting form HTML in a Bootstrap style, such as:
https://github.com/dyve/django-bootstrap3 (recommended)
https://github.com/dyve/django-bootstrap-toolkit
https://github.com/tzangms/django-bootstrap-form