list_editable and widgets

Question

When using list_editable in ModelAdmin, is there any way to change the widget used for the editable fields? I can\'t find anything in the documentation. Seems like

Answer 1

Override get_changelist_form method of your ModelAdmin class, like so:

def get_changelist_form(self, request, **kwargs):
  kwargs.setdefault('form', MyAdminForm)
  return super(MyModelAdmin, self).get_changelist_form(request, **kwargs)

And separately define the modified MyAdminForm:

class MyAdminForm(forms.ModelForm):
  class Meta:
     model = MyModel
  my_field = forms.DateField(widget=widgets.AdminDateWidget())

This is just an example which will make my_field represented by a widget for only the date (without time). That looks much better in the list view.