MultipleHiddenInput

Handle < input type="hidden" > for fields that have a list of values.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
template_name	`string` = "django/forms/widgets/multiple_hidden.html"	The path to the HTML template used to render the multiple hidden input fields.

@classmethod
def get_context(
    name: str,
    value: list,
    attrs: dict
) - > dict

Prepares the template context for rendering multiple hidden inputs, ensuring each sub-widget has a unique ID attribute if a base ID is provided.

Name	Type	Description
name	`str`	The name of the form field to be used as the input name attribute.
value	`list`	A list of values to be rendered as individual hidden input elements.
attrs	`dict`	A dictionary of HTML attributes to be applied to the widget elements.

Type	Description
`dict`	A dictionary containing the widget context, including a list of sub-widgets for each value in the multi-value field.

@classmethod
def value_from_datadict(
    data: dict,
    files: dict,
    name: str
) - > list

Extracts the list of values for this widget from the submitted form data, supporting both multi-value query dicts and standard dictionaries.

Name	Type	Description
data	`dict`	The dictionary-like object containing submitted form data (e.g., request.POST).
files	`dict`	The dictionary-like object containing uploaded file data.
name	`str`	The name of the field to look up in the data dictionary.

Type	Description
`list`	The list of values associated with the field name, or a single value if the data source does not support multiple values.

@classmethod
def format_value(
    value: any
) - > list

Ensures the provided value is returned as a list, converting None to an empty list to facilitate iteration during rendering.

Name	Type	Description
value	`any`	The raw value to be formatted for use in the widget template.

Type	Description
`list`	The original value if it is not None, otherwise an empty list.