How do I get the class of a object within a Django template?

Question

If I have a list of objects that require similar layouts but need some attribute set based on the class of object how can I go about getting the class name while class

Answer 1

You can also write a custom filter. My use case was to check whether or not an html element in a Django form was a checkbox. This code has been tested with Django 1.4.

I followed the instructions about Custom Filters. My filter code looks as such.

In myapp/templatetags/class_tag.py:

from django import template
register = template.Library()
@register.filter(name='get_class')
def get_class(value):
  return value.__class__.__name__

In your template file:

{% load class_tag %}

{% if Object|get_class == 'AClassName' %}
 do something
{% endif %}


{{ Object|get_class }}