Multi select checkboxes with shift key is not working in TabularInlineAdmin and StackedInlineAdmin

[tanaydin sirin]

On any object list, we can select multiple objects by pressing the shift key while clicking the second checkbox, but it's not possible with TabularInline and StackedInlineAdmin ModelAdmin.

[tanaydin sirin]

​https://github.com/django/django/pull/18438

[Natalia Bidart]

Hello tanaydin sirin, thank you for your interest in making Django better. I have reproduced the described issue, and I agree it would be good to allow for shift-selecting in tabular admins just like in the changelist page.

I took a quite look at your PR, and I was thinking that instead of providing new javascript, we should try to re-use/generalize what the changelist page is already using. Could you look into that?

[tanaydin sirin]

Hello Natalia Bidart, I've made the changes. Shall I do anything else about ticket?

Replying to Natalia Bidart:

Hello tanaydin sirin, thank you for your interest in making Django better. I have reproduced the described issue, and I agree it would be good to allow for shift-selecting in tabular admins just like in the changelist page.

I took a quite look at your PR, and I was thinking that instead of providing new javascript, we should try to re-use/generalize what the changelist page is already using. Could you look into that?

[Natalia Bidart]

Thank you tanaydin sirin! The expected ticket update process is described in ​these docs. Basically you need to uncheck the "patch needs improvement" flag, and then this ticket will show up in the "needs review queue" in the ​Django Development Dashboard.