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mgalgs
mgalgs

Reputation: 16779

Override django admin change form for a single model outside of my app?

I'm currently overriding change_form.html in my app by dropping it in:

myproject/myapp/templates/admin/change_form.html

That works fine but I really only want to override the change form for the User model, and nothing else. It doesn't seem to work if I drop it in:

myproject/myapp/templates/admin/user/change_form.html

I'm guessing that's because the User model isn't from my app?

What's the cleanest way of overriding change_list.html for a specific model in some other app (namely, the django.contrib.auth app)?

Relevant snippets from settings.py:

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
                'unicorn.context_processors.site_url',
                'unicorn.context_processors.consultant_data',
                'unicorn.context_processors.branding',
            ],
            'builtins': ['tracking.templatetags.tracking_extras'],
            'loaders': [
                'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
                'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
            ],
        },
    },
]

Upvotes: 5

Views: 7507

Answers (4)

Diand
Diand

Reputation: 888

for Django 3.2+ first you need to create a similar admin template structure directory in your project which is:

- project_dir
- app
- templates/admin/ <---
- venv

and then copy the change_form.html from venv/lib/python[ver]/site-packages/dajngo/contrib/admin/templates/ into: /templates/admin/change_form.html wich is the template folder in your project this assuming if you using virtualenv

and then set settings.py to:

import os
...
TEMPLATES = [
    {
        ...
        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates/')],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        ...

and then you can modify the /templates/admin/change_form.html you already copy, for example you only want show some text only for user model, you can do something like this:

look for line: {% block field_sets %} and below that put:

{% if opts.model_name == "user" %} Put Your Text Here {% endif %}

so it's looks like this:

{% block field_sets %}
{% if opts.model_name == "user" %} Put Your Text Here {% endif %}

You can replace the user with any model you want.

Upvotes: 0

Austin
Austin

Reputation: 103

4 years late, but anyone looking for an answer-- If you installed Grappelli package like me, your issue can be solved by going to python/lib/site-packages/grappelli and looking for the change_form.html there. This package overrides my custom template so I made changes to the grappelli file.

Upvotes: -1

user8060120
user8060120

Reputation:

looks like you need to add your application name to the full path for the template, so it should be

myproject/myapp/templates/admin/myapp/user/change_form.html

Upvotes: 4

vd1
vd1

Reputation: 156

settings.py

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': ...,
        'DIRS': [
            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'),
        ],
        ...
    }
]

Place admin/auth/user/change_form.html in project's templates directory.

Upvotes: 1

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