I have been fiddling around to add something to the Admin interface for a system I'm building. Basically, I am adding a total for the duration of the set of time tracker elements which are displayed. I did it by making a copy of change_list.html and adding a call to a custom template tag. It works "okay", but in looking at ways to make it better I ran into a difference I'd like to toss around and see if it is my understanding of it at fault or if I should create an enhancement ticket for it.
I used the new Admin changes (covered at http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/NewAdminChanges in the section "Admin converted to separate templates") for change_list.html. I am making use of the "magic" usage of a "templates" directory inside an app to serve up templates without explcitly adding them to TEMPLATE_DIRS in settings.py. Therefore, I have a directory like myproject/myapp/templates/admin/myapp/mymodel with change_list.html in it. I added my template tag class to the "load" and called it in the "result_list" block, and it shows the total duration for the events in the list. That is the "okay" part, because it isn't part of the table created within the "result_list template tag, so it doesn't look quite right. I looked into the result_list tag and saw that it uses change_list_results.html, and that it renders the actual table, so I thought I'd put a copy of it in place with the change_list.html. No joy. I tried every directory up the tree without success. I had to add a reference to a separate template directory in TEMPLATE_DIRS in settings.py, then put change_results_list.html into an admin directory inside that for it to work. Therefore, my two templates which act together to show a set of results, no live in two completely separate tree structures. I wonder whether or not that is desirable. It seems that the "magic" of having a templates directory within myproject/myapp would be even more magical if everything could make use of it, and that having those two related files closer together would make it easier to find them. I know that I could create a TEMPLATE_DIRS entry and put EVERYTHING in there, but I like the separation of templates into app-specific branches. If this should be a ticket, I'd be more than happy to enter it. If I'm not looking at it right, thanks for any hints in the right direction. H.B. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
