No problem, happens to me sometimes as well :) The only reason I thought there might be another way is that it feels a bit tedious, and I'd expect people need this kind of functionality quite often. I was wondering if there might be some sort of shortcut for it.
I'll stick with the template override method for now, though - thanks for the answer :) Best regards On Sun, 26 May 2013 17:40:16 -0700 (PDT) Marc R <war...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, didn't read to the bottom of your post :) > > Why would there be a better way than overriding the default template? that > is the most efficient way and the power of frameworks. > > On Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:53:00 AM UTC-4, Branko Majic wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I've posted a similar question a couple of months ago, but received no > > answer. I'm repeating the question now, but hopefully making it a bit > > clearer on what I desire to achieve. > > > > Is there any way to have the admin app pass the currently set filter > > (GET prameters) to the "add view"? > > > > For example, let's say that the following page is open: > > > > http://localhost:8000/admin/conntrackt/entity/?project__id__exact=1 > > > > By default the page will contain the "Add item" link as: > > > > http://localhost:8000/admin/conntrackt/entity/add/ > > > > What I'm interested in doing would be to have this link instead as: > > > > http://localhost:8000/admin/conntrackt/entity/add/?project__id__exact=1 > > > > The idea is to take advantage of the current filter in the list view in > > admin in order to limit the foreign key fields when adding a new > > entity. > > > > I've already implemented this by overriding the admin's > > change_list.html template, but I'd be a bit surprised that there isn't > > a better way to perform this. > > > > Best regards > > > > -- > > Branko Majic > > Jabber: bra...@majic.rs <javascript:> > > Please use only Free formats when sending attachments to me. > > > > Бранко Мајић > > Џабер: bra...@majic.rs <javascript:> > > Молим вас да додатке шаљете искључиво у слободним форматима. > > > -- Branko Majic Jabber: bra...@majic.rs Please use only Free formats when sending attachments to me. Бранко Мајић Џабер: bra...@majic.rs Молим вас да додатке шаљете искључиво у слободним форматима.
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