Hi folks, I definitely remember this subject coming up before (possibly as far back as magic-removal, even) but I'm either misremembering, or not using the right search terms. Pointers to previous discussions/tickets would be welcome.
I'm imagining the ability to have recursive inline editing: e.g. in a simple hierarchy of Model C has FK to Model B has FK to Model A, when viewing the admin form for Model A, to not only have Model B as an inline, but to have Model C inlined inside the fieldset for Model B, allowing you to set up a slice of that entire hierarchy in one go. First: is this currently possible? It doesn't appear to be, based on poking around the API for the ModelAdmin hierarchy, nor does it seem possible to achieve it via forms/formsets (as there's no easy way to have a single form/formset represent >1 model at a time, AFAICT). Second: if not possible, is it desirable? I recognize that with any nontrivial hierarchy/number of extra objects per inline, the visual representation could become ghastly. But assuming its usage is limited to semi-trivial scenarios, it seems like the existing admin API could be very easily extended to support this. I haven't done serious investigation, but am thinking something like simply allowing/ interpreting the 'inline' attribute on InlineModelAdmin (i.e. making InlineModelAdmin more closely resemble a subclass of ModelAdmin, which is probably the logical conclusion of this line of thought). (Also, I'm a large proponent of the "if the admin doesn't cut it, just roll your own view/form/template" -- but this feels to me like something that would be a natural admin feature, and widely applicable.) Assuming I'm not missing something obvious, I'd be quite willing to take a closer look at what would be required to implement this, and put a patch together at some point if it appears feasible. Just want to make sure I don't need a reality check first :) Regards, Jeff --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
