Auto-create slug on New TaskList

todo/forms.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class AddTaskListForm(ModelForm):
 
     class Meta:
         model = TaskList
-        exclude = ['created_date', ]
+        exclude = ['created_date', 'slug', ]
 
 
 class AddEditTaskForm(ModelForm):

todo/templates/todo/add_list.html

@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
       <input type="text" class="form-control" id="id_name" name="name" aria-describedby="inputNameHelp" placeholder="">
       <small id="inputNameHelp" class="form-text text-muted">The full display name for this list.</small>
     </div>
-    <div class="form-group">
-      <label for="id_slug">Slug</label>
-      <input type="text" class="form-control" id="id_slug" name="slug" aria-describedby="inputSlugHelp" placeholder="">
-      <small id="inputSlugHelp" class="form-text text-muted">
-        To be used in URL for this list e.g. 'ux-tasks'. All lowercase, no spaces.</small>
-    </div>
     <div class="form-group">
       <label for="id_group">Group</label>
       {{form.group}}

todo/views.py

@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ from django.db.models import Q
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render, redirect
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
-from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from django.utils import timezone
+from django.utils.text import slugify
+from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 
 from todo.forms import AddTaskListForm, AddEditTaskForm, AddExternalTaskForm, SearchForm
 from todo.models import Task, TaskList, Comment
@@ -280,7 +281,9 @@ def add_list(request) -> HttpResponse:
         form = AddTaskListForm(request.user, request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():
             try:
-                form.save()
+                newlist = form.save(commit=False)
+                newlist.slug = slugify(newlist.name)
+                newlist.save()
                 messages.success(request, "A new list has been added.")
                 return redirect('todo:lists')