How to insert a checkbox in a django form

Question

I\'ve a settings page where users can select if they want to receive a newsletter or not.

I want a checkbox for this, and I want that Django select it if \'newsletter\'

Answer 1

You use a CheckBoxInput widget on your form:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/forms/widgets/#django.forms.CheckboxInput

If you're directly using ModelForms, you just want to use a BooleanField in your model.

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/models/fields/#booleanfield