Django - Remove "Currently" In An Image Edit Form and Replace It With The Actual Image

Question

When editing an object that has an image field, you are presented with the current image path and the standard file upload field. What I want to do is to be able to replace the shown path(the "Currently: /pathtoimage.jpg" with the actual image. How do I do this?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

If you are talking about a form in Django's admin you could override the AdminImageWidget.

There are few snippets and posts that explain the details:

• Django simple admin ImageField thumbnail
• ImageField for admin with thumbnail
• Admin Image Widget

For regular forms you should take a look at django-form-utils:

This application provides utilities for enhancing Django's form handling:

An ImageWidget which display a thumbnail of the image rather than just the filename.