I want to show name of my object on django-admin site, but I`m using django-polymorphic-tree and name of my object should be a text from Contents of this object, how can I do it?
I`ve already tried __str __() in polymorphic tree subclasses, and this is not working because django-polymorphic-tree is using list_display in admin.py and nothing else.
This is part of my models.py
class UserTimelines(PolymorphicMPTTModel):
parent = PolymorphicTreeForeignKey('self', null=True, blank=True, related_name='children', db_index=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
to_show = ''
class Meta(PolymorphicMPTTModel.Meta):
verbose_name = "User Timeline"
verbose_name_plural = "User Timelines"
class Node(UserTimelines):
node_title = models.CharField(max_length=20, null=True)
to_show = str(node_title)
class Meta:
verbose_name = "Node"
verbose_name_plural = "Nodes"
class CategoryNode(UserTimelines):
category_username = models.CharField(max_length=25, null=True)
to_show = str(category_username) + ' timeline'
class Meta:
verbose_name = "Category node"
verbose_name_plural = "Category nodes"
And part of admin.py
class BaseChildAdmin(PolymorphicMPTTChildModelAdmin):
GENERAL_FIELDSET = ( None, {
'fields' : ('parent',),
})
base_model = UserTimelines
base_fieldsets = (
GENERAL_FIELDSET,
)
class TreeNodeParentAdmin(PolymorphicMPTTParentModelAdmin):
base_model = UserTimelines
child_models = (
(Node),
(CategoryNode),
)
list_display = ('to_show', 'actions_column',)
class Media:
css = {
'all' : ('admin/treenode/admin.css',)
}
admin.site.register((Node, CategoryNode),BaseChildAdmin)
admin.site.register(UserTimelines, TreeNodeParentAdmin)
Summarizing I just want to add to list_display, my 'to_show' variable from Node or CategoryNode class.
After few days, I make solution for this problem. It is simple anyway, You must do sth like this:
Models.py:
class UserTimelines(PolymorphicMPTTModel):
parent = PolymorphicTreeForeignKey('self', null=True, blank=True, related_name='children', db_index=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
class Meta(PolymorphicMPTTModel.Meta):
verbose_name = "User Timeline"
verbose_name_plural = "User Timelines"
class Node(UserTimelines):
node_title = models.CharField(max_length=20, null=True)
def __str__(self):
return str(self.node_title)
class Meta:
verbose_name = "Node"
verbose_name_plural = "Nodes"
class CategoryNode(UserTimelines):
category_username = models.CharField(max_length=25, null=True)
def __str__(self):
return str(self.category_username) + ' timetable'
class Meta:
verbose_name = "Category node"
verbose_name_plural = "Category nodes"
Admin.py:
class BaseChildAdmin(PolymorphicMPTTChildModelAdmin):
GENERAL_FIELDSET = ( None, {
'fields' : ('parent',),
})
base_model = UserTimelines
base_fieldsets = (
GENERAL_FIELDSET,
)
class TreeNodeParentAdmin(PolymorphicMPTTParentModelAdmin):
base_model = UserTimelines
child_models = (
(Node),
(CategoryNode),
)
list_display = ('_show', 'actions_column',)
def _show(self, obj):
return str(UserTimelines.objects.get(pk=obj.pk).__str__())
class Media:
css = {
'all' : ('admin/treenode/admin.css',)
}
admin.site.register((Node, CategoryNode),BaseChildAdmin)
admin.site.register(UserTimelines, TreeNodeParentAdmin)
I think this solution can help someone in the future so here you are.