On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Adam V. <fla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Alex, thanks; that's what I was afraid of. > If no one else has, I'd be willing to take a stab at a patch for 1.2. > > On Jun 18, 12:40 pm, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Adam V. <fla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > When enabling bulk edit mode for an Admin list view, is it possible to > > > control the widgets used? For the normal editor you can of course > > > specify a custom form, but I'm not seeing a way to customize the > > > fields in the list view. > > > > > Basically, I want to specify that some text fields fields in the list > > > view render shorter than the default. > > > > > I can hack this in with some fairly gross after-the-fact client-side > > > JavaScript, but I'd rather be able to specify this behavior in my > > > admin.ModelAdmin if the ability exists. > > > > Unfortunately there isn't a super good way to do this. list_editalbe > uses > > the formfield_for_dbfield option just like rendering the normal form > does, > > however this obviously doesn't give you a ton of flexibility. One thing > you > > could do for now, until we fix this, is to check the URL of the request > > object that formfield_for_dbfield gets. > > > > Alex > > > > -- > > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right > to > > say it." --Voltaire > > "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero > > > Yeah, my instinct for the patch would just be to create a new method, formfield_for_dbfield_for_list_editable (but with a better name ;) ) and have it by defualt just call formfield_for_dbfield and make the list_editable form creation use it. Then by default people will see the same behavior, but there will be a specific method users can override to change it. If you're interested in working on a patch I'd be more than happy to look it over, although as you've said, it won't make it in until 1.2.
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