Assuming its the same images you want to display for a given model,
you could create a custom form for that model. See:
http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#templates-which-may-be-overridden-per-app-or-model


On Dec 14, 3:25 am, "Elmar A." <oxyf...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'd like to add some additional HTML to to a model form in the admin
> backend. This HTML does not have any relevant form-functionality, i.e.
> it should just be displayed for the user.
>
> But I need the model instance to create the HTML. Basically, I want to
> fetch some images and show them to the user. Theses images should be
> located in a folder derived from a property of the model instance.
>
> Now I'm wondering what's the best way to do it (maybe I'm just
> over-engeneering here…):
> - adding some dummyfield with a widget rendering to the html I want. A
> formfield is not designed to do this
> - creating a widget rendering the formelement + my html. But I want to
> decide where to place this html
> - extending the override the ModelForm's as_p etc. methods: not very dry
> - ?
>
> In all cases I'm not sure how to access the model, too.
> Formfields/Widgets do not have access to the model instance itself,
> just to their corresponding value, do they?
>
> So, if I missed something in the docs, just point me there. Any hints
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Elmar

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