On Sep 30, 6:34 pm, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm using the django User authentication. > > I have a model that has a ManyToManyField which allows you to select > several users to associate with that model. In the django admin site, > it's set to use the filter_horizontal option. > > When adding a new instance of the model through the admin interface, > it shows you the username of the User. I would like it to show the > first_name and last_name instead. I tried using a Proxy Model and > changing the __unicode__(self) with no success, it still shows the > username in the admin site. I also tried inheriting from the User > class, but it did not work either and I would rather not do it that > way. > > I'm a relative noob at django, so I could very easily be missing > something simple. Any suggestions?
The proxy model didn't work because Django has no way of knowing you want the proxy class, rather than the base User class. There's a hook in ModelAdmin to that allows you to specify this sort of thing - formfield_for_foreignkey. See the documentation here: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ref/contrib/admin/#django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.formfield_for_foreignkey You could almost use that example exactly, returning your proxy class in the queryset kwarg. -- DR. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
