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Welby Obeng
Welby Obeng
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Posted by Welby Obeng
Welby Obeng
20,340 Points

what is {{ field (placeholder=field.label.text) }} mean?

In you macros html file you have 

      {{ field (placeholder=field.label.text) }}

what does that mean? I'm a little confused

1 Answer

Iain Diamond
Iain Diamond
29,379 Points
Iain Diamond
Iain Diamond
29,379 Points

On the Registration Form we've created 4 fields, for username, email, password, and password2.

As this

      {{ field(placeholder=field.label.text) }}

is defined in a for loop

  {% for field in form %}

it will eventually expand into four input HTML elements, as follows

<input type="text" placeholder="Username">
<input type="text" placeholder="Email">
<input type="password" placeholder="Password">
<input type="password" placeholder="Confirm Password">

Well, that's my bet, anyway. iain