Opened 5 years ago

Closed 5 years ago

#31322 closed New feature (needsinfo)

Add 'help_text' property to InlineModelAdmin

Reported by: rbranche Owned by: nobody
Component: Uncategorized Version: 3.0
Severity: Normal Keywords:
Cc: Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: no Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description

It would be helpful to have a help_text property added to the InlineModelAdmin and children classes (StackedInline/TabularInline).

This would be displayed somewhere in the inline edit template (Maybe at the very end of the fieldset tag?)

Change History (2)

comment:1 by rbranche, 5 years ago

Type: Uncategorized → New feature

comment:2 by Carlton Gibson, 5 years ago

Resolution: → needsinfo
Status: new → closed

Hi. Thanks for the report.

I'm a bit sceptical to begin. The admin API is arguably too extensive so we're not generally keen on adding more.

  • What's the use-case for this additional help_text?
  • This would be displayed somewhere... — define that somewhere: what would it look like?

But most importantly, why can't such be added in your own project by overriding the edit_inline templates?
If you can implement it in your own project, then it's easier to show to, say, the DevelopersMailingList and see if there's a general appetite for the feature.

I hope that makes sense?

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