Generic View's model can be found in form_class

if it's a ModelForm

django/views/generic/detail.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+from django import forms
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.db import models
 from django.http import Http404
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ def get_queryset(self):
         if self.queryset is None:
             if self.model:
                 return self.model._default_manager.all()
+            elif hasattr(self, 'form_class') and issubclass(self.form_class, forms.ModelForm):
+                return self.form_class.Meta.model._default_manager.all()
             else:
                 raise ImproperlyConfigured(
                     "%(cls)s is missing a QuerySet. Define "
@@ -165,6 +168,12 @@ def get_template_names(self):
                     self.model._meta.model_name,
                     self.template_name_suffix
                 ))
+            elif hasattr(self, 'form_class') and issubclass(self.form_class, forms.ModelForm):
+                names.append("%s/%s%s.html" % (
+                    self.form_class.Meta.model._meta.app_label,
+                    self.form_class.Meta.model._meta.model_name,
+                    self.template_name_suffix
+                ))
 
             # If we still haven't managed to find any template names, we should
             # re-raise the ImproperlyConfigured to alert the user.

tests/generic_views/test_edit.py

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def test_create_with_special_properties(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(res.context['form'], views.AuthorForm)
         self.assertNotIn('object', res.context)
         self.assertNotIn('author', res.context)
-        self.assertTemplateUsed(res, 'generic_views/form.html')
+        self.assertTemplateUsed(res, 'generic_views/author_form.html')
 
         res = self.client.post('/edit/authors/create/special/',
                             {'name': 'Randall Munroe', 'slug': 'randall-munroe'})
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ def test_update_with_special_properties(self):
         self.assertEqual(res.context['object'], Author.objects.get(pk=a.pk))
         self.assertEqual(res.context['thingy'], Author.objects.get(pk=a.pk))
         self.assertNotIn('author', res.context)
-        self.assertTemplateUsed(res, 'generic_views/form.html')
+        self.assertTemplateUsed(res, 'generic_views/author_form.html')
 
         res = self.client.post('/edit/author/%d/update/special/' % a.pk,
                         {'name': 'Randall Munroe (author of xkcd)', 'slug': 'randall-munroe'})

tests/generic_views/views.py

@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@ class AuthorCreate(generic.CreateView):
 
 
 class SpecializedAuthorCreate(generic.CreateView):
-    model = Author
     form_class = AuthorForm
-    template_name = 'generic_views/form.html'
     context_object_name = 'thingy'
 
     def get_success_url(self):
@@ -166,9 +164,7 @@ def get_object(self):
 
 
 class SpecializedAuthorUpdate(generic.UpdateView):
-    model = Author
     form_class = AuthorForm
-    template_name = 'generic_views/form.html'
     context_object_name = 'thingy'
 
     def get_success_url(self):