#16744: Class based view should have the view object in the context
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Reporter: reinout | Owner: nobody
Type: New feature | Status: new
Milestone: | Component: Generic views
Version: 1.3 | Severity: Normal
Resolution: | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Accepted | Has patch: 0
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 0
UI/UX: 0 |
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Changes (by jezdez):
* stage: Unreviewed => Accepted
Old description:
> Summary: `your_cbv_object.get_context_dict()` should include `{'view':
> self}`.
>
> Now that django has class based views, I was surprised that I don't get
> the view object in my template's context. And that I still have to hand-
> craft my context dictionary.
>
> What would be handier than setting attributes or adding methods to the
> view class and accessing them with `{{ view.my_attribute }}` and ``{{
> view.my_method }}`? Without having to do the double work of adding them
> by hand to the context dictionary? An additional benefit: you encourage
> to do even more in python and even less in the template by making it easy
> to add helper methods in your view.
>
> The solution could as simple as adding `{'view': self}` in the three or
> four spots in django itself where a `.get_context_dict()` is defined.
New description:
Summary: `your_cbv_object.get_context_data()` should include `{'view':
self}`.
Now that django has class based views, I was surprised that I don't get
the view object in my template's context. And that I still have to hand-
craft my context dictionary.
What would be handier than setting attributes or adding methods to the
view class and accessing them with `{{ view.my_attribute }}` and ``{{
view.my_method }}`? Without having to do the double work of adding them by
hand to the context dictionary? An additional benefit: you encourage to do
even more in python and even less in the template by making it easy to add
helper methods in your view.
The solution could as simple as adding `{'view': self}` in the three or
four spots in django itself where a `.get_context_data()` is defined.
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Comment:
Corrected `get_context_dict` to `get_context_data`.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/16744#comment:2>
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