#15015: Mixing read-only with ability to add new instances using a FormSet
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 Reporter:  coleifer  |       Owner:  nobody    
   Status:  new       |   Milestone:            
Component:  Forms     |     Version:  1.2       
 Keywords:  formset   |       Stage:  Unreviewed
Has_patch:  0         |  
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 A little background, I've been attempting to add permission-awareness to
 admin inlines using a technique like the one mentioned here:
 http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/8060#comment:9

 The problem occurs when I want to allow a user to be able to add new
 inline instances, but display the pre-existing ones as read-only.  By
 overriding the get_readonly_fields() method in the event the user doesn't
 have change permissions, I'm able to make everything read-only...but this
 includes the formset's "extra_forms", or when the user clicks to add a new
 row.

 Since read-only is an admin thing and is implemented in the formset-level
 as "exclude", it's going to be kind of tricky to tell, using just the
 FormSet API, which fields are actually excluded and which are just read-
 only.  I would propose making readonly_fields an attribute of the form,
 just like exclude.  Additionally, it makes sense to me for any
 'extra_forms' on the FormSet to display all non-excluded fields as
 editable.  Having a read-only field on a form that does not contain any
 data is odd.

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Ticket URL: <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/15015>
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