you can overide default Authentication form
like this
from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm, UsernameField
from django import forms
class UserLoginForm(AuthenticationForm):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(UserLoginForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
username = UsernameField(widget=forms.TextInput(
attrs={'class': 'form-control', 'placeholder': '', 'id': 'hello'}))
password = forms.CharField(widget=forms.PasswordInput(
attrs={
'class': 'form-control',
'placeholder': '',
'id': 'hi',
}
))
in url.py you can pass this custom authentication form like this
from django.contrib.auth import views
from myapp.forms import UserLoginForm
urlpatterns = [
path(
'login/',
views.LoginView.as_view(
template_name="login.html",
authentication_form=UserLoginForm
),
name="login"
)
]
also, you can override the login template
and customize the template as per you requirement
<form method="post">
{{ form.non_field_errors }}
<div class="form-group">
<label for="{{ form.username.id_for_label }}">Username:</label>
{{ form.username }}
{{ form.username.errors }}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="{{ form.password.id_for_label }}">Password:</label>
{{ form.password }}
{{ form.password.errors }}
</div>
<button type="submit">Login</button>
</form>