pythondjangodjango-admindjango-simple-history

Remove history button from Django admin

I want to enable/disable history from django admin button based on the type of user.

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My end goal here is to be able to understand how to show hide this button.

Solution

  • Unfortunately, Django does not provide an easy way to toggle History button like it is done for 'Add' button, for instance. The easiest way would be to overwrite a change_form.html and remove the next lines from block object-tools-items:

    <li>
        {% url opts|admin_urlname:'history' original.pk|admin_urlquote as history_url %}
        <a href="{% add_preserved_filters history_url %}" class="historylink">{% trans "History" %}</a>
</li>

    Keep in mind that you have to specify change_form for every admin model. Example:

    class TestAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    # path to the app_name/templates/admin/app_name/change_form.html
    change_form_template = 'admin/app_name/change_form.html'

# Register your models here.
admin.site.register(Test, TestAdmin)