<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang=""> <head> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>JavaScript customizations in the admin — Django 1.11.20 documentation</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../_static/default.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript" id="documentation_options" data-url_root="../../../" src="../../../_static/documentation_options.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/underscore.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/doctools.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../_static/language_data.js"></script> <link rel="index" title="Index" href="../../../genindex.html" /> <link rel="search" title="Search" href="../../../search.html" /> <link rel="next" title="django.contrib.auth" href="../auth.html" /> <link rel="prev" title="The Django admin documentation generator" href="admindocs.html" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../templatebuiltins.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> (function($) { if (!django_template_builtins) { // templatebuiltins.js missing, do nothing. return; } $(document).ready(function() { // Hyperlink Django template tags and filters var base = "../../templates/builtins.html"; if (base == "#") { // Special case for builtins.html itself base = ""; } // Tags are keywords, class '.k' $("div.highlight\\-html\\+django span.k").each(function(i, elem) { var tagname = $(elem).text(); if ($.inArray(tagname, django_template_builtins.ttags) != -1) { var fragment = tagname.replace(/_/, '-'); $(elem).html("<a href='" + base + "#" + fragment + "'>" + tagname + "</a>"); } }); // Filters are functions, class '.nf' $("div.highlight\\-html\\+django span.nf").each(function(i, elem) { var filtername = $(elem).text(); if ($.inArray(filtername, django_template_builtins.tfilters) != -1) { var fragment = filtername.replace(/_/, '-'); $(elem).html("<a href='" + base + "#" + fragment + "'>" + filtername + "</a>"); } }); }); })(jQuery); </script> </head><body> <div class="document"> <div id="custom-doc" class="yui-t6"> <div id="hd"> <h1><a href="../../../index.html">Django 1.11.20 documentation</a></h1> <div id="global-nav"> <a title="Home page" href="../../../index.html">Home</a> | <a title="Table of contents" href="../../../contents.html">Table of contents</a> | <a title="Global index" href="../../../genindex.html">Index</a> | <a title="Module index" href="../../../py-modindex.html">Modules</a> </div> <div class="nav"> « <a href="admindocs.html" title="The Django admin documentation generator">previous</a> | <a href="../../index.html" title="API Reference" accesskey="U">up</a> | <a href="../auth.html" title="<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">django.contrib.auth</span></code>">next</a> »</div> </div> <div id="bd"> <div id="yui-main"> <div class="yui-b"> <div class="yui-g" id="ref-contrib-admin-javascript"> <div class="section" id="s-javascript-customizations-in-the-admin"> <span id="javascript-customizations-in-the-admin"></span><h1>JavaScript customizations in the admin<a class="headerlink" href="#javascript-customizations-in-the-admin" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <div class="section" id="s-inline-form-events"> <span id="s-admin-javascript-inline-form-events"></span><span id="inline-form-events"></span><span id="admin-javascript-inline-form-events"></span><h2>Inline form events<a class="headerlink" href="#inline-form-events" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>You may want to execute some JavaScript when an inline form is added or removed in the admin change form. The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">formset:added</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">formset:removed</span></code> jQuery events allow this. The event handler is passed three arguments:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">event</span></code> is the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">jQuery</span></code> event.</li> <li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$row</span></code> is the newly added (or removed) row.</li> <li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">formsetName</span></code> is the formset the row belongs to.</li> </ul> <p>The event is fired using the <a class="reference internal" href="index.html#contrib-admin-jquery"><span class="std std-ref">django.jQuery namespace</span></a>.</p> <p>In your custom <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">change_form.html</span></code> template, extend the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">admin_change_form_document_ready</span></code> block and add the event listener code:</p> <div class="highlight-html+django notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="s1">'admin/change_form.html'</span> <span class="cp">%}</span> <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">load</span> <span class="nv">static</span> <span class="cp">%}</span> <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">block</span> <span class="nv">admin_change_form_document_ready</span> <span class="cp">%}</span> <span class="cp">{{</span> <span class="nb">block</span><span class="nv">.super</span> <span class="cp">}}</span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">script</span> <span class="na">type</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"text/javascript"</span> <span class="na">src</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">static</span> <span class="s1">'app/formset_handlers.js'</span> <span class="cp">%}</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">></</span><span class="nt">script</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">endblock</span> <span class="cp">%}</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="highlight-javascript snippet"><div class="snippet-filename">app/static/app/formset_handlers.js</div> <div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">$</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="nx">$</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">document</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">on</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'formset:added'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">event</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">$row</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">formsetName</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">formsetName</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s1">'author_set'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="c1">// Do something</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">});</span> <span class="nx">$</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">document</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">on</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'formset:removed'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">event</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">$row</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">formsetName</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="c1">// Row removed</span> <span class="p">});</span> <span class="p">})(</span><span class="nx">django</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">jQuery</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Two points to keep in mind:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li>The JavaScript code must go in a template block if you are inheriting <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">admin/change_form.html</span></code> or it won’t be rendered in the final HTML.</li> <li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{{</span> <span class="pre">block.super</span> <span class="pre">}}</span></code> is added because Django’s <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">admin_change_form_document_ready</span></code> block contains JavaScript code to handle various operations in the change form and we need that to be rendered too.</li> </ul> <p>Sometimes you’ll need to work with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">jQuery</span></code> plugins that are not registered in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">django.jQuery</span></code> namespace. To do that, simply change how the code listens for events. Instead of wrapping the listener in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">django.jQuery</span></code> namespace, just listen to the event triggered from there. For example:</p> <div class="highlight-html+django notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="s1">'admin/change_form.html'</span> <span class="cp">%}</span> <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">load</span> <span class="nv">static</span> <span class="cp">%}</span> <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">block</span> <span class="nv">admin_change_form_document_ready</span> <span class="cp">%}</span> <span class="cp">{{</span> <span class="nb">block</span><span class="nv">.super</span> <span class="cp">}}</span> <span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">script</span> <span class="na">type</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"text/javascript"</span> <span class="na">src</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">static</span> <span class="s1">'app/unregistered_handlers.js'</span> <span class="cp">%}</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">></</span><span class="nt">script</span><span class="p">></span> <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">endblock</span> <span class="cp">%}</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="highlight-javascript snippet"><div class="snippet-filename">app/static/app/unregistered_handlers.js</div> <div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">django</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">jQuery</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">document</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">on</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'formset:added'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">event</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">$row</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">formsetName</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="c1">// Row added</span> <span class="p">});</span> <span class="nx">django</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">jQuery</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">document</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">on</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'formset:removed'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">event</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">$row</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">formsetName</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="c1">// Row removed</span> <span class="p">});</span> </pre></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="yui-b" id="sidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="../../../contents.html">Table of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">JavaScript customizations in the admin</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#inline-form-events">Inline form events</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4>Previous topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="admindocs.html" title="previous chapter">The Django admin documentation generator</a></p> <h4>Next topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="../auth.html" title="next chapter"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">django.contrib.auth</span></code></a></p> <div role="note" aria-label="source link"> <h3>This Page</h3> <ul class="this-page-menu"> <li><a href="../../../_sources/ref/contrib/admin/javascript.txt" rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="searchbox" style="display: none" role="search"> <h3>Quick search</h3> <div class="searchformwrapper"> <form class="search" action="../../../search.html" method="get"> <input type="text" name="q" /> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> </form> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript">$('#searchbox').show(0);</script> </div> </div> <h3>Last update:</h3> <p class="topless">Feb 11, 2019</p> </div> </div> <div id="ft"> <div class="nav"> « <a href="admindocs.html" title="The Django admin documentation generator">previous</a> | <a href="../../index.html" title="API Reference" accesskey="U">up</a> | <a href="../auth.html" title="<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">django.contrib.auth</span></code>">next</a> »</div> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> </body> </html>