How to set default values in TabularInline formset in Django admin

Question

How to set first default rows/values in django admin\'s inline?

    class Employee(models.Model):
        username = models.CharField(_(\'Username\'), max_length         


        

Answer 1

To provide a static default for all instances in the inline, I found a simpler solution that just sets it in a form:

class DetailsForm(django_forms.ModelForm):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields['label'] = 'first_name'


class DetailsInline(admin.TabularInline):
    form = DetailsForm
    # ...

I think this doesn't work for the OP's particular case because each form has a different value for the 'label' field, but I hope it can be useful for anyone coming to this page in the future.