# How to change the input widget into a textfield in Django Model Admin form?

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Suppose you have a `Book` model which has a `description` field as given below.

```python
# app_name/models.py

class Book(models.Model):
	...
	description = models.CharField(max_length=150)
```

As you can see above, you have a `models.CharField` in a model, and you want to show it as a `TextField` or you want to add a custom widget such as Rich Text Widget in the admin, here is how you can change the widget type with the help of `formfield_overrides`.

```python
# app_name/admin.py

from django.contrib import admin
from django.db import models
from app_name.models import Book

@admin.register(Book)
class BookAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
	...
	formfield_overrides = {
		models.CharField: {
			"widget": models.TextField
		}
	}
```

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