From f0d1f00dd8bdc62092ece8ea032df1865f0acf04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lance Edgar <lance@wuttaproject.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:01:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: avoid literal `None` when rendering form field value

---
 src/wuttaweb/forms/base.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/forms/base.py b/src/wuttaweb/forms/base.py
index edd1e2d..504e012 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/forms/base.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/forms/base.py
@@ -1033,12 +1033,13 @@ class Form:
             # render static text if field not in deform/schema
             # TODO: need to abstract this somehow
             if self.model_instance:
-                html = str(self.model_instance[fieldname])
+                value = self.model_instance[fieldname]
+                html = str(value) if value is not None else ''
             else:
                 html = ''
 
         # mark all that as safe
-        html = HTML.literal(html)
+        html = HTML.literal(html or '&nbsp;')
 
         # render field label
         label = self.get_label(fieldname)