[Possible bug] Unexpected HTML rendering of help text.

• Package version: 1.9.2
• Django version: 2.2.14
• Python version: 3.8.3

Description

When rendering a help_text field that is an unordered list <ul>, the whole list is rendered between two <p> tags.
The first of which has the expected ID and class <p id="hint-id-password1" class="help-block"></p> but is closed before the actual list is rendered; while the second is an empty paragraph tag <p></p>.
I would assume that the expected behaviour is rendering it inside the helper block (first tag).
The difference is visible when trying to customise the CSS for class help-block, as shown in the screenshot below.

Details

• Example Django Crispy Forms code

  <div class="row">
      <div class="col-md">{{ form.password1|as_crispy_field }}</div>
  </div>
  

• Screenshots

• Actual HTML generated

    <p id="hint_id_password1" class="help-block"></p>
    <ul>
      <li>Your password can't be too similar to your other personal information.</li>
      <li>Your password must contain at least 8 characters.</li>
      <li>Your password can't be a commonly used password.</li>
      <li>Your password can't be entirely numeric.</li>
    </ul>
    <p></p>
  

• Expected HTML

   <p id="hint_id_password1" class="help-block">
     <ul>
       <li>Your password can't be too similar to your other personal information.</li>
       <li>Your password must contain at least 8 characters.</li>
       <li>Your password can't be a commonly used password.</li>
       <li>Your password can't be entirely numeric.</li>
     </ul>
   </p>

[smithdc1]

I think it defaults to the bootstrap template pack (that’s bootstrap version 2).

Could you try updating the setting to bootstrap4 and see if that helps?

[smithdc1]

Glad that worked. 👍