django ModelMultipleChoiceField display in template - django

Question

class AddRoleForm(forms.Form):
roles=forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(queryset=Role.objects.all(),widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple())
in the template ：
{{ form.roles }}
the result is like this:
<ul>
<li><label for="id_roles_0"><input type="checkbox" value="1" name="roles" id="id_roles_0"> User object</label></li>
<li><label for="id_roles_1"><input type="checkbox" value="2" name="roles" id="id_roles_1"> User object</label></li>
</ul>
I want to show the role's name in each line and get the role's id in the chebox
like:
<ul>
<li><label for="id_roles_0"><input type="checkbox" value="100" name="roles" id="id_roles_0">boss</label></li>
<li><label for="id_roles_1"><input type="checkbox" value="101" name="roles" id="id_roles_1">employee</label></li>
</ul>
What should i do?

Answer 1

check your model 'Role'
you need add
def __unicode__(self):
return self.name

Answer 2

I think you this post can possibly help you.
Have a look at: Django - Render CheckboxSelectMultiple() widget individually in template (manually)

Answer 3

To change value parameter you have to do those steps:
Write your own CheckboxInput and overload render function. You have to change
final_attrs['value'] = force_text(value)
to something like that:
final_attrs['value'] = force_text(str(int(value) + 99))
Other parts can be copied without changes.
Write your own CheckboxSelectMultiplue and overload render function. You have to change
cb = CheckboxInput(final_attrs, check_test=lambda value: value in str_values)
to your implementation of CheckboxInput.
Use your new widget instead of built-in.
NOTE: Parts of code may differs, because they can depends of Django version
About issue with User object: I'm not sure, but try to check your __unicode__ function.