ModelAdmin Derived Class Options

For the list screen:

• list_display = ('field1', 'field2')
• list_display_links = ['field2']
• list_editable = ['field2']
• list_filter = ('field1', 'field2')
• list_per_page = 20
• search_fields = ['field1', 'foreign_key__fieldname']

For the edit screen, it’s possible to control the form layout and displayed fields:

fieldsets = (("Title"|None, options), )
options = {
    fields : (('one', 'line', 'together'), 'field5', 'field6'),
    classes : ['collapse', 'wide']
}

or use the following:

fields = ('field1', 'field2')
exclude = ('field3', 'field4')

And some other edit screen options:

• filter_horizontal|filter_vertical = ('multi_select_field')
• radio_fields = ('fk_field', 'choice_field')
• save_on_top = True

For further details, see the Admin App documentation. Also useful are the Custom Actions documentation, the DB Queries documentation, and the QuerySet documentation.

Model Meta Options

• db_table = "string"
• managed = False (whether SQL is generated by the manage.py app)
• ordering = ['column1', '-column2'] (NB admin app only uses the first)
• order_with_respect_to = 'fk_field'
• unique_together = (('column1', 'column2'), )
• verbose_name = "String"
• verbose_name_plural = "String"
• abstract = True

Common Field Options

• null = True
• blank = True
• choices = (('db_val', 'displayed_val'), )
• db_column = "string"
• db_index = True
• default = "string"
• editable = False
• primary_key = True
• unique = True
• verbose_name = "String"

Field Types and Options

• AutoField
• BooleanField
• CharField (max_length=integer)
• DateField|DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
• IPAddressField
• PositiveIntegerField
• TextField
• ForeignKey(Class, to_field='related_field')
• ManyToManyField(Class, to_field='related_field')

For further details, see the Models documentation, Meta Options documentation and Field Types documentation.