diff --git a/docs/extending/forms.md b/docs/extending/forms.md index d58c664d77..65f05028eb 100644 --- a/docs/extending/forms.md +++ b/docs/extending/forms.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Forms +# Using forms in admin views [Django's forms framework](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/topics/forms/) can be used within Wagtail admin views just like in any other Django app. However, Wagtail also provides various admin-specific form widgets, such as date/time pickers and choosers for pages, documents, images and snippets. By constructing forms using `wagtail.admin.forms.models.WagtailAdminModelForm` as the base class instead of `django.forms.models.ModelForm`, the most appropriate widget will be selected for each model field. For example, given the model and form definition: