Django UpdateView disable some fields

Question

I have made a class view inheriting UpdateView. I have specified the fields and models from which the forms should be built. Now say if i have a field email, then I want to

Answer 1

Define a UserForm with exclude fields which you don't want to show in the form

class UserForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Users
        exclude = ('email',) # add fields to disable it in the form

If you want to make field readonly in > django 1.9 use disabled

class UserForm(forms.ModelForm):
    email =  forms.CharField(disabled=True)
    class Meta:
        model = Users
        fields = ['email', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'birth_date']

Then specify form in view.

class UserUpdate(UpdateView):
    model = Users
    form_class = UserForm
    ....