DRY Fieldsets
I've devised a DRY method of declaring django fieldsets: ** Example usage: ** 1. Include the attached code in `fieldsets.py` 2. `models.py`: from django.db import models from fieldsets import Fieldset, ModelWithFieldsets class Person(ModelWithFieldsets): #instead of models.Model # this field will be placed in nameless fieldset example_field = models.IntegerField() # this fieldset will be grouped into one row Fieldset(grouped=True) first_name = models.CharField(max_length=64) surname = models.CharField(max_length=64) Fieldset("Contact Details", classes=('collapse',)) mobile_phone = models.CharField(max_length=10) email_address = models.EmailField() Fieldset("Address") street_address = models.CharField(max_length=255) # the next two fields will be grouped into one row of this fieldset Fieldset.new_group(2) suburb = models.CharField(max_length=64) state = models.CharField(max_length=64) 3. `admin.py`: from django.contrib import admin from models import Person from fieldsets import Fieldset class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): fieldsets = Fieldset.get_fieldsets(Person) admin.site.register(Person, PersonAdmin) This example produces the equivalent of manually typing: fieldsets = ( (None, {'fields': ('example_field')}), (None, {'fields': (('first_name', 'surname'),)}), ('Contact Details', { 'fields': ('mobile_phone', 'email_address'), 'classes': ('collapse',)}), ('Address', {'fields': ('street_address', ('suburb', 'state'))}) ) But now if you want to rearrange your fields, rename, delete, insert, etc, you won't need to remember to update the fieldsets in the ModelAdmin. This implementation is a bit of a hack, but I believe a cleaner equivalent should be implemented in django itself.
- admin
- dry
- fieldsets