how can I see the PickledObjectField in the admin

[alphydan]

First of all thank you for sharing this code. I think I've taken the appropriate steps but I can't see the field in the admin. Should I be able to see it and edit it?

models.py

from picklefield.fields import PickledObjectField # to store the curve
class Whateva(models.Model):
    pickled_curve =  PickledObjectField(_('The Curve y vs x'),
                                                             help_text=_('Insert the curve in the following format ((0,0),(1,0),(2,1),..etc,)'),)

admin.py

from django.contrib import admin
from myapp.models import Whateva

admin.site.register(Whateva)

Any tips appreciated, thank you.

[ghinch]

My solution for this was to create a custom form and use it in the admin. It inherits from forms.ModelForm like so:

class MyModelAdminForm(forms.ModelForm):
  picked_field = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea())

  class Meta:
    model = MyModel
    fields = ['pickled_field', 'other_field',...]

  def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
    super(MyModelAdminForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
    self.fields['picked_field'].initial = self.instance.pickled_field

[charettes]

The field is automatically marked as editable=False hence why it's not displayed in the admin.

Since the HTML form representation of data stored in a PickledObjectField is highly application dependent and shouldn't be exposed to the end user in most cases I think we shouldn't ship a form field and keep things as they are.