When enabling bulk edit mode for an Admin list view, is it possible to
control the widgets used? For the normal editor you can of course
specify a custom form, but I'm not seeing a way to customize the
fields in the list view.
Basically, I want to specify that some text fields fields in the list
view render shorter than the default.
I can hack this in with some fairly gross after-the-fact client-side
JavaScript, but I'd rather be able to specify this behavior in my
admin.ModelAdmin if the ability exists.
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Adam V. <fla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When enabling bulk edit mode for an Admin list view, is it possible to
> control the widgets used? For the normal editor you can of course
> specify a custom form, but I'm not seeing a way to customize the
> fields in the list view.
> Basically, I want to specify that some text fields fields in the list
> view render shorter than the default.
> I can hack this in with some fairly gross after-the-fact client-side
> JavaScript, but I'd rather be able to specify this behavior in my
> admin.ModelAdmin if the ability exists.
Unfortunately there isn't a super good way to do this. list_editalbe uses
the formfield_for_dbfield option just like rendering the normal form does,
however this obviously doesn't give you a ton of flexibility. One thing you
could do for now, until we fix this, is to check the URL of the request
object that formfield_for_dbfield gets.
Alex
-- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to
say it." --Voltaire
"The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Adam V. <fla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > When enabling bulk edit mode for an Admin list view, is it possible to
> > control the widgets used? For the normal editor you can of course
> > specify a custom form, but I'm not seeing a way to customize the
> > fields in the list view.
> > Basically, I want to specify that some text fields fields in the list
> > view render shorter than the default.
> > I can hack this in with some fairly gross after-the-fact client-side
> > JavaScript, but I'd rather be able to specify this behavior in my
> > admin.ModelAdmin if the ability exists.
> Unfortunately there isn't a super good way to do this. list_editalbe uses
> the formfield_for_dbfield option just like rendering the normal form does,
> however this obviously doesn't give you a ton of flexibility. One thing you
> could do for now, until we fix this, is to check the URL of the request
> object that formfield_for_dbfield gets.
> Alex
> --
> "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to
> say it." --Voltaire
> "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Adam V. <fla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alex, thanks; that's what I was afraid of.
> If no one else has, I'd be willing to take a stab at a patch for 1.2.
> On Jun 18, 12:40 pm, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Adam V. <fla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > When enabling bulk edit mode for an Admin list view, is it possible to
> > > control the widgets used? For the normal editor you can of course
> > > specify a custom form, but I'm not seeing a way to customize the
> > > fields in the list view.
> > > Basically, I want to specify that some text fields fields in the list
> > > view render shorter than the default.
> > > I can hack this in with some fairly gross after-the-fact client-side
> > > JavaScript, but I'd rather be able to specify this behavior in my
> > > admin.ModelAdmin if the ability exists.
> > Unfortunately there isn't a super good way to do this. list_editalbe
> uses
> > the formfield_for_dbfield option just like rendering the normal form
> does,
> > however this obviously doesn't give you a ton of flexibility. One thing
> you
> > could do for now, until we fix this, is to check the URL of the request
> > object that formfield_for_dbfield gets.
> > Alex
> > --
> > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right
> to
> > say it." --Voltaire
> > "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
Yeah, my instinct for the patch would just be to create a new method,
formfield_for_dbfield_for_list_editable (but with a better name ;) ) and
have it by defualt just call formfield_for_dbfield and make the
list_editable form creation use it. Then by default people will see the
same behavior, but there will be a specific method users can override to
change it. If you're interested in working on a patch I'd be more than
happy to look it over, although as you've said, it won't make it in until
1.2.
Alex
-- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to
say it." --Voltaire
"The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Adam V. <fla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Alex, thanks; that's what I was afraid of.
> > If no one else has, I'd be willing to take a stab at a patch for 1.2.
> > On Jun 18, 12:40 pm, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Adam V. <fla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > When enabling bulk edit mode for an Admin list view, is it possible to
> > > > control the widgets used? For the normal editor you can of course
> > > > specify a custom form, but I'm not seeing a way to customize the
> > > > fields in the list view.
> > > > Basically, I want to specify that some text fields fields in the list
> > > > view render shorter than the default.
> > > > I can hack this in with some fairly gross after-the-fact client-side
> > > > JavaScript, but I'd rather be able to specify this behavior in my
> > > > admin.ModelAdmin if the ability exists.
> > > Unfortunately there isn't a super good way to do this. list_editalbe
> > uses
> > > the formfield_for_dbfield option just like rendering the normal form
> > does,
> > > however this obviously doesn't give you a ton of flexibility. One thing
> > you
> > > could do for now, until we fix this, is to check the URL of the request
> > > object that formfield_for_dbfield gets.
> > > Alex
> > > --
> > > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right
> > to
> > > say it." --Voltaire
> > > "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
> Yeah, my instinct for the patch would just be to create a new method,
> formfield_for_dbfield_for_list_editable (but with a better name ;) ) and
> have it by defualt just call formfield_for_dbfield and make the
> list_editable form creation use it. Then by default people will see the
> same behavior, but there will be a specific method users can override to
> change it. If you're interested in working on a patch I'd be more than
> happy to look it over, although as you've said, it won't make it in until
> 1.2.
> Alex
> --
> "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to
> say it." --Voltaire
> "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
