On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Daniele Procida <dani...@vurt.org> wrote: > I am starting to customise the admin classes for my models so that I can > provide extra feedback to the user. > > For example I want to report - in the admin page - useful information about > how the system will interpret the current state of the object being edited. > > I'm doing this by using readonly_fields, that contain the output of method on > the ModelAdmin class, a bit like this: > > class PersonAdmin(ModelAdmin): > readonly_fields = ['check_address',] > > def check_address(self, instance): > return instance.get_full_address or "<span > class='errors'>Warning: I am unable to work out an address for this > person.</span>" > > (the actual examples are rather more complex, but this is the idea). > > Does a more elegant way of doing this exist, either in Django's core already, > or using some package that makes it easier? > > Thanks, > > Daniele
I'm a curmudgeon. I have to wonder how much work it is worth doing to make the admin interface something that it is not before it is worth using a custom view of your own. Remember, views that you write can do anything that the admin can do. Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
