debian-django-taggit/docs/forms.txt

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.. _tags-in-forms:
Tags in forms
=============
The ``TaggableManager`` will show up automatically as a field in a
``ModelForm`` or in the admin. Tags input via the form field are parsed
as follows:
* If the input doesn't contain any commas or double quotes, it is simply
treated as a space-delimited list of tag names.
* If the input does contain either of these characters:
* Groups of characters which appear between double quotes take
precedence as multi-word tags (so double quoted tag names may
contain commas). An unclosed double quote will be ignored.
* Otherwise, if there are any unquoted commas in the input, it will
be treated as comma-delimited. If not, it will be treated as
space-delimited.
Examples:
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Tag input string Resulting tags Notes
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apple ball cat ``["apple", "ball", "cat"]`` No commas, so space delimited
apple, ball cat ``["apple", "ball cat"]`` Comma present, so comma delimited
"apple, ball" cat dog ``["apple, ball", "cat", "dog"]`` All commas are quoted, so space delimited
"apple, ball", cat dog ``["apple, ball", "cat dog"]`` Contains an unquoted comma, so comma delimited
apple "ball cat" dog ``["apple", "ball cat", "dog"]`` No commas, so space delimited
"apple" "ball dog ``["apple", "ball", "dog"]`` Unclosed double quote is ignored
====================== ================================= ================================================
``commit=False``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If, when saving a form, you use the ``commit=False`` option you'll need to call
``save_m2m()`` on the form after you save the object, just as you would for a
form with normal many to many fields on it::
if request.method == "POST":
form = MyFormClass(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
obj = form.save(commit=False)
obj.user = request.user
obj.save()
# Without this next line the tags won't be saved.
form.save_m2m()