django admin how to display widget on readonly field

Question

I want to display my widget on the field at django admin when the field is readonly.

admin.py

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Answer 1

I would say it's a feature.

When field is set to readonly, Django uses display_for_field function which hardcodes the result, you can't customize it.

Another approach would be not to set the field as readonly and override formfield_for_dbfield, an undocumented ModelAdmin method and act accordingly to your needs.