On Monday, 28 February 2011, Martin Brochhaus
<martin.brochh...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I want to add a language switcher below the breadcrumb to all my django admin 
> pages.
> Therefore I created templates/admin/base.html in my project. However I don't 
> want to copy the whole original base.html and add my changes - this would 
> defeat the DRY principle and it would be a maintenance nightmare whenever I 
> update to the latest django version.
> So I tried the obvious:
> {% extends "admin/base.html" %}{% block breadcrumb %}[old breadcrumb code][my 
> additional code]{% endblock %}
> And of course the obvious error happened: The template tries to extend 
> itself. Couldn't the system be smart enough and recognize that it is trying 
> to import itself and then search for another template to extend at the next 
> available template loader in line? As in: Whoops, I'm trying to extend myself 
> when using base.html from the project's file system... ok let's see if I can 
> find admin/base.html in the python path or in the eggs...
> Is there any other fancy trick or workaround to accomplish this? I believe 
> that enhancing global admin templates should be something that is a very 
> common usecase, isn't it?
> Best regards,Martin
>
>
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Hi, Martin!

If I got your point in right way - May be {{ block.super}}
construction will be useful for you.

Regards, Alex

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