Text Field not showing when using list_editable on django admin

Question

I am using django-1.7 for my project. I am trying to use the list_editable option of the Django admin to edit one field of multiple objects at once. Here is my code:

class CustomForm(forms.ModelForm):
    name = forms.CharField(max_length=100, required=False)

class CustomAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    form = CustomForm
    change_form = CustomForm
    list_display = ('status', )
    list_editable = ('status',)  

admin.site.register(Custom, CustmAdmin)

I am only able to see a save button on the list view page of this model. I can't find any text field for the status to enter text to update it on various objects of this model.

Any help would be appreciated

Answer 1

The problem is that you only have one item in list_display, and Django is using that item to link to the change view for that item.

You can either add another field to the beginning of list_display, and then Django will automatically link that field.

class CustomAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ('other_field', 'status')
    list_editable = ('status',)  

Or you can set list_display_links to make a different field linkable. You can also do list_display_links = None, but then you won't be able to click through to edit the item.