Attributes ********** .. highlight:: python Custom form attributes:: class VillageModelForm(ModelForm): class Meta: model = VillageModel def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(VillageModelForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) self.fields['name'].widget.attrs['my_attr'] = 'chocolate' .. tip:: Also see the example below to update the ``class``. Label or name ============= :: from django.forms.forms import pretty_name # in the '__init__' method for name in ('address_1', 'email'): field = self.fields[name] field.widget.attrs.update({ 'class': 'pure-input-2-3', 'placeholder': field.label or pretty_name(name), })