import swapper from django import forms from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType Page = swapper.load_model('cms', 'Page') Section = swapper.load_model('cms', 'Section') class PageForm(forms.ModelForm): class Meta: model = Page fields = '__all__' class SectionForm(forms.ModelForm): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super().__init__(*args, **kwargs) # Repopulate the 'choices' attribute of the type field from # the child model. self.fields['type'].choices = self._meta.model.TYPES def save(self): section = super().save() # Explanation: get the content type of the model that the user # supplied when filling in this form, and save it's id to the # 'polymorphic_ctype_id' field. The next time the object is # requested from the database, django-polymorphic will convert # it to the correct subclass. section.polymorphic_ctype = ContentType.objects.get( app_label=section._meta.app_label, model=section.type.lower(), ) section.save() return section class Meta: model = Section exclude = ['page'] #field_classes = { # 'type': forms.ChoiceField, #} # There is definitely a bug in Django, since the above 'field_classes' gets # ignored entirely. Workaround to force a ChoiceField anyway: type = forms.ChoiceField()