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Drag and drop admin list items

Author:
chrsgrrtt
Posted:
August 23, 2010
Language:
Python
Version:
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Score:
3 (after 3 ratings)

Using jQuery UI (with Grappelli in use) to add "drag and drop" reordering of items in the admin list view. The model must have an "order" field to store the order value in.

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# models.py
from django.db import models
from filebrowser.fields import FileBrowseField
from autoslug.fields import AutoSlugField
import datetime

class Project(models.Model):
	title = models.CharField(max_length = 200, blank = True)
	publish_date = models.DateField(default = datetime.date.today)
	client = models.CharField(max_length = 200, blank = True)
	slug = AutoSlugField(populate_from='title')
	thumbnail = FileBrowseField("Thumbnail", max_length=200, format='Image', blank = True)
	details = models.TextField(blank = True)
	featured = models.BooleanField()
	order = models.PositiveIntegerField(default = 1, blank = True)
	sector = models.ForeignKey(Sector)
	url = models.CharField(max_length = 200, blank = True)
	
	def get_absolute_url(self):
		return '/portfolio/project/%s' % self.slug
	
	def __unicode__(self):
		return self.title
		
	class Meta:
		ordering = ('order',)

# admin.py
from django.contrib import admin
from abstraktion.portfolio.models import *

class ProjectAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
	fieldsets = (
		('Summary', {
			'fields': ('title', 'client', 'publish_date')
		}),
		('Description', {
			'fields': ('details', 'sector')
		}),
		('Listing', {
			'fields': ('thumbnail', 'url', 'order', 'featured')
		})
	)
	
	list_display_links = ('title',)
	list_display = ('title', 'client', 'sector', 'publish_date', 'order')
	list_editable = ('order',)
	
	class Media:
		js = [
			'/media/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js', 
			'/media/tinymce_setup/tinymce_setup.js',
			'/media/js/sortable_list.js'
		]

# sortable_list.js
(function($) {
	// Matching regex with jQuery
	$.expr[':'].regex = function(elem, index, match) {
	    var matchParams = match[3].split(','),
	        validLabels = /^(data|css):/,
	        attr = {
	            method: matchParams[0].match(validLabels) ? 
	                        matchParams[0].split(':')[0] : 'attr',
	            property: matchParams.shift().replace(validLabels,'')
	        },
	        regexFlags = 'ig',
	        regex = new RegExp(matchParams.join('').replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,''), regexFlags);
	    return regex.test($(elem)[attr.method](attr.property));
	}
	
	$(document).ready(function(){
		$('table tbody tr').css({ 'cursor': 'move' });
		
		$('table tbody').sortable({
			axis: 'y',
			update: function(){
				$('.footer').show();
				
				$.each($('table tbody tr'), function(i){
					$(this).find('input:regex(name, .*-order)').val(i + 1);
				});
				
				$(this).find('tr').removeClass('row1').removeClass('row2');
				
				$(this).find('tr:odd').addClass('row2');
				$(this).find('tr:even').addClass('row1');
			}
		});
	});
})(django.jQuery);

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Comments

andybak (on August 23, 2010):

How does this react when the changelist has a filter or search applied?

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