#16370: All ManyToMany field get a default message which is not overridable
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Reporter: wildfire | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Milestone: | Component: Database layer (models, ORM)
Version: 1.3 | Severity: Normal
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: 1 | Easy pickings: 1
UI/UX: 0 |
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All ManyToManyFields get a default message in the help_text, which is not
overridable.
The message is: 'Hold down "Control", or "Command" on a Mac, to select
more than one.'
This is done in the file django/db/models/fields/related.py and it makes
sense if the related field is being displayed as a select list.
However, if you display a many to many relation using the inbuilt
CheckboxSelectMultiple widget - for example - the message actually makes
no sense. It makes no sense because you will have multiple checkboxes
which you can independently click on.
In fact, have a textual string referencing the likely output method in the
'''model''' seems to be a layering violation.
Attached is a patch to put this text in only if there is no help_text
provided. Since it will use the overridden help_text, people are free to
add back in the initial text if required.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/16370>
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