root/webmanagement/project_request/forms.py

from django import forms
from django.forms import widgets
import models
from webmanagement.GroupedChoiceField import GroupedChoiceField,GroupedSelect  #from http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/200/

# List comprehension to make a list of tuples in for format django likes
suggested_license = [(x.filename,x.name) for x in models.License.objects.filter(group='S')] #Suggested licenses
other_license = [(x.filename,x.name) for x in models.License.objects.filter(group='O')]  # Other Licenses


#combine license lists into the format that the GroupedChoiceField accepts
GROUPED_LICENSE_CHOICES = (('Suggested Licenses',suggested_license), ('Other Licenses',other_license))

class RequestForm(forms.Form):
    name = forms.CharField(required=True, label="Project Name")
    short_name = forms.CharField(required=True, label="Short Name", help_text="A single word or acronym for your project.  Using this, the URL for your project will be: http://beaversource.oregonstate.edu/projects/<short name>")
    description = forms.Field(required=True, widget=widgets.Textarea(attrs={'rows':'4', 'cols':'25'}), label="Project Description", help_text="A sentence or two descripting the purpose of this project.")
    owner = forms.CharField(required=True, help_text="ONID of the primary point of contact for administrative information.")
    email = forms.EmailField(required=True, label="Owner Email", help_text="Email address for the primary contact person.")
    purpose = forms.ChoiceField(widget=forms.Select(attrs={'onchange':'javascript:CheckChange(value);'}), required=True, choices=models.PURPOSE_OPTIONS, initial='I', help_text="If this project is for research, department, or a class project, select one of the other options, else just leave as individual")

    dept = forms.CharField(required=False, label="Department name", help_text="The department (i.e. CS, HDFS, WR, etc) you are taking a class in that this project is used for")
    term = forms.CharField(required=False, help_text="(i.e. Fall08, Winter09, etc)")

    visibility = forms.ChoiceField(widget=forms.Select(attrs={'size':'5'}),choices=models.VISIBILITY_OPTIONS, required=True, label="Project Visibility", help_text=" If your project is being produced with University resources in the course of your regular work, please confirm with the OSU Research Office that it is okay for you to share it with the public.")
    license = GroupedChoiceField(widget=GroupedSelect(attrs={'size':'20'}),choices=GROUPED_LICENSE_CHOICES, required=True, label="Intended License", help_text="It is the responsibility of the project owner to understand the license they select")
    users = forms.Field(required=True, widget=widgets.Textarea(attrs={'rows':'4', 'cols':'25'}), label="Initial ONID Users", help_text="Seperate ONIDs with spaces or newlines")
    AUP_Agree = forms.BooleanField(required=True)