How to access outermost forloop.counter with nested for loops in Django templates?
You can use forloop.parentloop
to get to the outer forloop
, so in your case {{forloop.parentloop.counter}}
.
you can also use with
Caches a complex variable under a simpler name. This is useful when accessing an “expensive” method (e.g., one that hits the database) multiple times.
{% for outerItem in outerItems %}
{% with forloop.counter as outer_counter %}
{% for item in items%}
<div>{{ outer_counter }}. {{ item }}</div>
{% endfor %}
{% endwith %}
{% endfor %}
if using high version of Django you could use
{% with outer_counter = forloop.counter %}
I've checked, Django 1.4.x - Django 1.9.x support the two methods.
this is more clear when have many for loops