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gaviscon_man
gaviscon_man

Reputation: 993

Can I change the default value of editable from True to False in Django models

I know I can explicity set the field option editable False on a value. For example

name = models.CharField(editable=False)

But is it possible to change the default value of a field option. So for, example editable would be False by default and I would have to explicitly set it True to make the field editable?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 387

Answers (2)

Spacedman
Spacedman

Reputation: 94222

Create a new Field class called DefaultNotEditableCharField which inherits everything from CharField but overrides editable=False.

Personally, I'd say suck it up and type 'editable=False' everywhere you want editable to be False, since that's the documented way to do it and it'll be what people expect.

Upvotes: 1

Brandon Taylor
Brandon Taylor

Reputation: 34563

One approach would be to make the field editable by default and exclude the field from the form class you'll be using to edit the model, or make the field read-only at the form level.

Upvotes: 0

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