Use a template tag for tidier templates

[andybak]

If a user wants to use multiple admin extensions that all want to override the change form template they will need to incorporate all the template changes in their own change_form.html

It's therefore a good idea to keep each template customization as clean and simple as possible.

Sorry - I haven't updated the docs to mention this enhancement. If it's a blocker let me know.

[crccheck]

I like the idea of making things simpler, but I generally think that templatetags add a layer of complexity. Perhaps if there was additional functionality to making it a templatetag. Something like {% object_actions mode='ie7' %}.

[crccheck]

closing because of inactivity

[andybak]

Sorry I didn't respond earlier.

Not sure if you want to re-open but take a look at this: django-admin-tools/django-admin-tools#21

It's a discussion regarding a similar issue and the maintainer went with an alternative solution that I suggested.

The general problem is that you can't use two admin add-ons if they both work by wanting to override the same template. It breaks in a way that would be hard for inexperienced devs to track down and the way it breaks depends on the order of INSTALLED_APPS

So I feel at the very least any admin add-on that uses template overriding should clearly document where this will break and offer a manual fix ("make these changes to your changelist.html")

[crccheck]

Are you at DjangoCon right now? I'll be at sprints today.

[andybak]

Nope. I don't live the jet-set conference life-style! Too much work to do :-(