barren slate
Hello community,
I'm trying to implement a custom view/site for my model. I followed the documentation, and the view loads correctly — the link to the view also appears on the changelist page. So far, everything is working as expected.
However, I would like to know the proper way to include the sidebar and/or important fields in a custom admin view.
Thanks in advance!
brave blade
Are you asking about handling django's admin page?
barren slate
I'm asking what is the proper way to make a new custom view for my model including the django admin sidebar (or any other necesary context, for usability or security reasons), currently I'm extending from base_site.html.
golden prawn
Imho, the admin is made not obvious to extend because i personally think of it as a fancy db Explorer, and anything else should be written as your own application views
barren slate
I figured it out, I used something called, each_context, or something like that, and after that the sidebar appeared.
edit: I recently notice that is on the get_urls docs, thanks @golden prawn for your time.
barren slate
def get_urls(self):
urls = super().get_urls()
custom_urls = [
path("custom/", self.admin_site.admin_view(self.custom_view), name="custom"),
]
return custom_urls + urls
def custom_view(self, request):
base_context = self.admin_site.each_context(request)
context = {
**base_context
}
return TemplateResponse(request, "admin/core/price/custom_view.html", context=context)
To clarify what worked for me
barren slate
Imho, the admin is made not obvious to extend because i personally think of it a...
Yeah, but I think creating a custom site that's tightly coupled to the admin model and fits naturally into the admin workflow is very useful. Keeping it within the admin site helps avoid creating unnecessary stuff. But I get what you mean.