Fixed #32340 -- Improved usability for form fields with specific input patterns.

django/forms/fields.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from django.forms.widgets import (
     EmailInput,
     FileInput,
     HiddenInput,
+    Input,
     MultipleHiddenInput,
     NullBooleanSelect,
     NumberInput,
@@ -1408,3 +1409,17 @@ class JSONField(CharField):
         return json.dumps(initial, sort_keys=True, cls=self.encoder) != json.dumps(
             self.to_python(data), sort_keys=True, cls=self.encoder
         )
+
+
+class CustomField:
+    def __init__(self, *, widget=None, placeholder=None, **kwargs):
+        self.placeholder = placeholder
+        if widget:
+            self.widget = widget
+        else:
+            self.widget = Input()
+
+        if self.placeholder:
+            self.widget.attrs.setdefault("placeholder", self.placeholder)
+
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)

django/forms/templates/django/forms/widgets/input.html

@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 <input type="{{ widget.type }}" name="{{ widget.name }}"{% if widget.value != None %} value="{{ widget.value|stringformat:'s' }}"{% endif %}{% include "django/forms/widgets/attrs.html" %}>
+
+{% if widget.attrs.placeholder %}placeholder="{{ widget.attrs.placeholder }}" {% endif %}>

django/forms/widgets.py

@@ -1226,3 +1226,25 @@ class SelectDateWidget(Widget):
             ("{}_{}".format(name, interval) in data)
             for interval in ("year", "month", "day")
         )
+
+
+class Input(Widget):
+    input_type = None  # Subclass must define this
+
+    def __init__(self, attrs=None, placeholder=None):
+        self.placeholder = placeholder  # Add placeholder attribute
+        super().__init__(attrs)
+
+    def get_context(self, name, value, attrs):
+        context = super().get_context(name, value, attrs)
+        if self.placeholder:
+            attrs = attrs or {}
+            attrs.setdefault("placeholder", self.placeholder)
+        context["widget"]["attrs"] = attrs
+        return context
+
+    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None, renderer=None):
+        attrs = attrs or {}
+        if self.placeholder:
+            attrs["placeholder"] = self.placeholder
+        return super().render(name, value, attrs, renderer)

docs/ref/forms/fields.txt

@@ -1627,3 +1627,13 @@ only requirements are that it implement a ``clean()`` method and that its
 
 You can also customize how a field will be accessed by overriding
 :meth:`~django.forms.Field.get_bound_field()`.
+
+DateField
+---------
+Use this field to input dates. The default expected format is ``YYYY-MM-DD``.
+For example: ``2024-12-31``.
+
+TimeField
+---------
+Use this field to input time. The default expected format is ``HH:MM``.
+For example: ``14:30``.

tests/forms_tests/tests/test_widgets.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.contrib.admin.tests import AdminSeleniumTestCase
-from django.test import override_settings
+from django.forms import CharField, Form, TextInput
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase, override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
 
 from ..models import Article
@@ -22,3 +23,17 @@ class LiveWidgetTests(AdminSeleniumTestCase):
         self.selenium.find_element(By.ID, "submit").click()
         article = Article.objects.get(pk=article.pk)
         self.assertEqual(article.content, "\r\nTst\r\n")
+
+
+class WidgetPlaceholderTests(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_placeholder_in_input_widget(self):
+        widget = TextInput(attrs={"placeholder": "Enter text"})
+        output = widget.render("name", "")
+        self.assertIn('placeholder="Enter text"', output)
+
+    def test_placeholder_in_field(self):
+        class ExampleForm(Form):
+            name = CharField(widget=TextInput(attrs={"placeholder": "Your name"}))
+
+        form = ExampleForm()
+        self.assertIn('placeholder="Your name"', str(form["name"]))