django - set field's initial value within haystack's FacetedSearchForm -

i using django-haystack solr backend in 1 of projects. have searchform inherits facetedsearchform. now, trying add intital value of fields within form.

from django.forms import forms haystack.forms import facetedsearchform   mysearchform(facetedsearchform):     """ basic search form     """      field_one = forms.charfield(required=false, initial='0')     field_two = forms.charfield(required=false, initial='some_value') 

previously when using django.forms.form used work absolutely fine. have been digging around django code , haystack code , fond facetedsearchform extends haystack.forms.searchform extends django.forms.forms. can not see reason why should not work.

references:

1. haystack.forms.facetedsearchform
2. django.forms.form

i tried overriding __init__ method , thought set initial values there:

def __init__(self, *args. **kwargs):     data = kwargs.pop('data', none)      if data:         values = {             'field_one': (data.get('field_one', none), '0'),             'field_two': (data.get('field_two', none), 'some_value')         }          value in values:             if not values[value][0]:                 self.fields[value].initial = values[value][3]      super(mysearchform, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) 

but in facetedsearchform there no fields attribute, though provide access base_fields object, instead tried doing:

self.base_fields[value].initial = values[value][4] 

which not work either.

strange part came when realized not raise errors or exceptions, tried printing out initial values debug , show inital values set.

but when form rendered in template fields not have initial values. values fields none both fields in template.

i tried checking value using:

{{ form.field_one.value }} {{ form.field_two.value }} 

and output is:

none

none

have ran issue before ? how can have inital values show in template when form rendered ?

as django.forms.form set initial data only unbound form setting inital not option here. should rather pass inital values data build_form method in haystack.views.facetedsearchview form initialized.

example:

mysearchview(facetedsearchview):      def build_form(self, form_kwargs=none):         """ overrides build_form method send initial data         """          form = super(mysearchform, self).build_form(form_kwargs)         form_data = form.data.copy() # need copy querydict immutable         # set initial data hete         form_data['field_name'] = 'fields_inital_value'         form.data = form_data          return form