Load a Django template tag library for all views by default

Question

I have a small typography related templatetag library that I use on almost every page. Right now I need to load it for each template using

{% load nbsp %} 

Is there a way to load it "globally" for all views and templates at once? Putting the load tag into a base template doesn't work.

Answer 1

There is an add_to_builtins method in django.template.loader. Just pass it the name of your templatetags module (as a string).

from django.template.loader import add_to_builtins  add_to_builtins('myapp.templatetags.mytagslib') 

Now mytagslib is available automatically in any template.

Answer 2

It will change with Django 1.9 release.

Since 1.9, correct approach will be configuring template tags and filters under builtins key of OPTIONS - see the example below:

TEMPLATES = [     {         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',         'DIRS': [],         'APP_DIRS': True,         'OPTIONS': {             'builtins': ['myapp.builtins'],         },     }, ] 

Details: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.9/#django-template-base-add-to-builtins-is-removed