Non-uniform behaviour in forms when they are reloaded

[smarshy]

When incorrect values are entered in the fields, in some situations the form values are erased while in other cases they are still visible.

For eg. while creating event if start date is incorrect, error message is shown but the date is not erased. However, if the same values are put in edit event form, the error message is shown and the start date vanishes

[rituranjna]

@smarshy Are you working on this ? If not, i am willing to take this task.

[smarshy]

@rituranjna No, I haven't taken this up. Feel free to go ahead

[anjali-dhanuka]

@rituranjna @smarshy @tapasweni-pathak @tonythomas01 I have found that when we edit one of the start date or end date the other automatically gets removed. I have gone through the code and I have found that Datetimepicker jquery is used in both forms but I am unable to guess why is it working fine in create form. Can you guide me how to proceed?

[anjali-dhanuka]

please use the issue template.

[tonythomas01]

@anjali-dhanuka Just from the start date or end date the other automatically gets removed., without looking at the code, I would assume that:

1. both fields might be using the same id
2. there would be something wrong about the jquery code. If you link me the file in question, I can take a look.

[anjali-dhanuka]

have a look at this @tonythomas01
https://github.com/systers/vms/blob/gsoc18-code/vms/job/templates/job/edit.html

[tonythomas01]

							<input class="form-control" type="text" name="start_date" id="from" name="from" value="{% if form.start_date.value %}{{ form.start_date.value|date:"SHORT_DATE_FORMAT" }}{% endif %}">

multiple name attribute, making it ugly. Well, it again depends on what is happening on the JS side.