Multi select checkboxes with shift key is not working in TabularInlineAdmin

[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 ModelAdmin.

(Same situation applies to StackedInlineAdmin too, I think it's better to fix it in another commit)

[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.