Add class to Django label_tag() output

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Technique 1

I take issue with another answer’s assertion that a filter would be “less elegant.” As you can see, it’s very elegant indeed.

@register.filter(is_safe=True)
def label_with_classes(value, arg):

    return value.label_tag(attrs={'class': arg})

Using this in a template is just as elegant:

{{ form.my_field|label_with_classes:"class1 class2"}}

Technique 2

Alternatively, one of the more interesting technique I’ve found is: Adding * to required fields.

You create a decorator for BoundField.label_tag that will call it with attrs set appropriately. Then you monkey patch BoundField so that calling BoundField.label_tag calls the decorated function.

from django.forms.forms import BoundField

def add_control_label(f):
    def control_label_tag(self, contents=None, attrs=None):
        if attrs is None: attrs = {}
        attrs['class'] = 'control-label'
        return f(self, contents, attrs) 
    return control_label_tag

BoundField.label_tag = add_control_label(BoundField.label_tag)

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