Converting form CharField type to string in Django

Question

Hi,

I have created a form class which is used to generate a formset. I can easily generate the formset with initial data in it. However, I need to write the value of one of my CharField elements in my form as the label for another field. In order to do get this dynamic name, I wrote {{ form.field }} as the value for label. But since field is a CharField, I get a input element in my form instead of a label.

I was wondering if there's any way to convert CharField to string so that I don't show my label as a input element without Javascript?

Thanks

Answer 1

{{ form.initial.field }} should work, as long as you don't need to update it in real-time.