On 5/7/2009 9:19 PM, Margie wrote: > Thanks much George, that was a big help. I have some "proof of > concept code below" that simply limits choices to the first four > users, and I have verified that that works. > > class TaskAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): > > def formfield_for_dbfield(self, db_field, **kwargs): > if db_field.name == "owner": > kwargs["queryset"] = User.objects.all()[0:3] > formField = super(TaskAdmin, self).formfield_for_dbfield > (db_field, **kwargs) > return formField > > I think that at the time formfield_for_dbfield is called we are > creating the class for the form, ie, in this case, the class > TaskForm. It seems to me that I don't have any info at this time > about what the actual values of the manyToMany field 'resources' is. > In fact, it may be different for each line in the admin display. IE, > for each line in the admin display, resources may point to different > users and it is the value of resources hat I would really like to have > for my choices for the owner field. I have a feeling this isn't going > to be possible ... > > It seems like I would need to be setting the queryset for owner at a > much later point in the code to really be able to set it to the > 'resources' field for that same task.
If you can't predict ahead of time what the choice set is, then you will have to use some AJAX magic to accomplish what you want. The nice thing is you can attach JS to the fields you want. -- George --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
