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Helgi Borg
Helgi Borg

Reputation: 876

Django admin - edit multiple values simultaneously in list display

I have a large number of items and would like to be able to edit a selection of those simultaneously, while in the admin list view.

Here is screen shot of how the action checkbox could be used for this purpose. So, if I edit the importance of one selected item, the importance of all selected items should change simultaneously.

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By also applying list_filter and search_field, this should speed up edits when dealing with a large number of items.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2087

Answers (2)

KKM
KKM

Reputation: 744

Found a possible solution for you: in admin.py,

class importanceAssignerForm(ActionForm):
  importance = forms.IntegerField()

class YourAdminClass(admin.ModelAdmin):
  action_form = importanceAssignerForm
  def assign_importance (self, request, queryset):
    for s in queryset:
      s.importance = request.POST.get('importance')
      s.save()

this will show up an importance field next to your actions.

dont forget to add the assign_importance function to your actions.

Upvotes: 0

Helgi Borg
Helgi Borg

Reputation: 876

Here is an example of how this can be done in javascript:

model.py

class PlaceName(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=500, db_index=True)
    short_name = models.CharField(max_length=100, null=True, blank=True)
    type = models.ForeignKey(PlaceType, to_field='code', null=False, blank=False, on_delete=models.PROTECT)
    area = models.CharField(max_length=100, db_index=True)
    lat = models.DecimalField(max_digits=9, decimal_places=6)
    lon = models.DecimalField(max_digits=9, decimal_places=6)
    hasl = models.IntegerField(help_text='Height above sea level')
    importance = models.IntegerField(db_index=True)
    place_id = models.CharField(max_length=100, unique=True)

admin.py

class PlaceNameAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('name', 'importance', 'type', 'area', 'hasl', )
    list_filter = ('area', 'type', )
    readonly_fields = ('name', 'short_name', 'type', 'area',  'lat', 'lon', 'hasl', 'place_id')
    search_fields = ('name', 'importance', 'hasl')
    list_editable = ('importance',)

    class Media:
        js = ('multi_line_list_edit.js',)

static/multi_line_list_edit.js

(function($) {
    var value_changed = function(jQel) {
        if (jQel.parent().siblings('.action-checkbox').find(':checkbox:checked').length) {
            var value = jQel.val();
            $('#result_list tr').each(function () {
                if ($(this).find(':checkbox:checked').length)
                    $(this).find('td.field-importance input').val(value);

            });
        }
    };

    $(document).ready(function () {
        $('#result_list td.field-importance input').change(function () {
            value_changed($(this));
        });
        $('#result_list td.field-importance input').keyup(function () {
            value_changed($(this));
        });
    });
})(django.jQuery);

You will still have to click the Save button, but by adding some more javascript it would be possible to save the changes just by pressing the Enter key.

Upvotes: 3

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