Thanks for the reply. If it wouldn't take too much time, can you please point me to those discussions?
All I was able to find was that thread http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/1edf77c9c8b1101d/06d4775747a5a127?lnk=gst&q=admin+action+selected#06d4775747a5a127 with a message of yours. If that's counter intuitive, what is the preferred way to include such actions? On Mar 1, 5:26 pm, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:23 AM, George Karpenkov > > > > > > <true.chesh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi there, > > > Currently, if no elements are selected, any action selected in the > > admin interface will not fire. > > > However, sometimes it is useful to create actions which do not require > > any elements to be selected - ie > > > x removing all elements > > x drag-n-drop reordering of all elements > > x arranging elements into some sort of tree structure > > > and etc. - essentially, actions which work on all / certain subset of > > elements, which is defined in the logic of the action (one more > > example - "delete all unpublished articles") > > > Wouldn't this be useful? > > > Regards, > > George > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. > > It was an intentional design decision to not support admin actions > with 0 items. Having 2 separate sets of functionality (those that > operate on selected items, and those that operate on all, none, or > something else entirely) in a single UI element was deemed to be very > counter intuitive. If you search this list you'll see that this has > been discussed several times. > > 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 > "Code can always be simpler than you think, but never as simple as you > want" -- Me -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
