#28771: Add a model field option that corresponds to the short_description admin
property
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Reporter: Rick Graves | Owner: nobody
Type: | Status: closed
Cleanup/optimization |
Component: Database layer | Version: 1.11
(models, ORM) |
Severity: Normal | Resolution: wontfix
Keywords: admin listview | Triage Stage:
column names | Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by Rick Graves):
Two points:
1) verbose_name is a property of the column, but short_description is not,
BECAUSE it has already been put somewhere else.
2) Putting short_description somewhere else wastes CPU ticks. Not a huge
deal, but sub optimal. On the admin listing, if all you want is a short
description as a column heading, you must do that by writing a function
returning the column value that must execute for every row down the page.
Executing the function to return the value takes more CPU ticks than the
putting in the default, the column value. Not only that, if the column is
Boolean, the function loses the cute green check and red X graphic,
instead you get somewhat austere "True" and "False". So to get a
short_description at the top of the Boolean column without the austere
"True" or "False", you must write a more involved function -- just to get
a short_description at the top of the column.
Again, I concede there may be higher priorities. But as to whether the
choice to put short_description somewhere other than as a column property
is optimal, you could consult anyone without a conflict of interest
proficient in object oriented or database design.
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