From a64eabd817d2a088468bc1d066a4bbb4334d9231 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sschauk <sschauk@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 15:03:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added new render function for MultiWidget and custom
 renderings

---
 django/forms/widgets.py | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/django/forms/widgets.py b/django/forms/widgets.py
index ca5f2724db..116d0111a3 100644
--- a/django/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/forms/widgets.py
@@ -913,6 +913,8 @@ class MultiWidget(Widget):
 
     template_name = "django/forms/widgets/multiwidget.html"
     use_fieldset = True
+    use_custom_rendering = True  # Default to the new rendering logic
+
 
     def __init__(self, widgets, attrs=None):
         if isinstance(widgets, dict):
@@ -922,6 +924,29 @@ class MultiWidget(Widget):
             self.widgets_names = ["_%s" % i for i in range(len(widgets))]
         self.widgets = [w() if isinstance(w, type) else w for w in widgets]
         super().__init__(attrs)
+    
+    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None, renderer=None):
+        """
+        Render the multiwidget as a string of HTML by rendering each subwidget.
+        Removes need for multiwidget.html that is causing multiwidget render issues
+        Ensures backwards compatability & using template in case there is no custom renderings
+        """
+        if not isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
+            value = self.decompress(value)
+
+        if self.use_custom_rendering:  # New rendering logic
+            final_attrs = self.build_attrs(attrs or {})
+            output = []
+            for i, (widget_name, widget) in enumerate(zip(self.widgets_names, self.widgets)):
+                widget_value = value[i] if i < len(value) else None
+                widget_attrs = final_attrs.copy()
+                widget_attrs["id"] = f"{final_attrs.get('id', name)}_{i}"
+                output.append(widget.render(f"{name}{widget_name}", widget_value, widget_attrs))
+
+            return mark_safe(''.join(output))
+        else:  # Legacy template-based rendering
+            context = self.get_context(name, value, attrs)
+            return self._render(self.template_name, context, renderer)
 
     @property
     def is_hidden(self):