#26761: Add 'help_text' property to methods in ModelAdmin.list_display
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Reporter: Derek Hohls | Owner: Hasan Ramezani
Type: New feature | Status: closed
Component: contrib.admin | Version: dev
Severity: Normal | Resolution: wontfix
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: 1 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by Adam Johnson):
Carsten [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/8e72c318
-f28d-465f-8707-47e77a5d0d20%40cafu.de wrote to the mailing list] asking
the ticket to be reconsidered. This is my reply.
It’s already possible to return arbitrary rendered HTML for fields, so one
can add "help text" that way. For example, using the internal "boolean
icon" display from the admin and adding a paragraph of text below
(untested!):
{{{
from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.admin.templatetags.admin_list import _boolean_icon
from django.utils.html import format_html
class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
fields = ("name", "date_of_birth", "is_underage")
def is_underage(self, obj):
return format_html(
"{}<br><p>{}</p>",
_boolean_icon(obj.age < 18),
"Indicates if the author is under 18.",
)
}}}
So I would be against making any change because complete customization is
already possible. If you want terser syntax you can write a project-
specific decorator that fits your needs.
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