how to override the verbose name of a superclass model field in django

Question

Let\'s say that I have a model Foo that inherits from SuperFoo:

class SuperFoo(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(\'name of SuperFoo instance\', max_         


        

Answer 1

I have different child classes deriving from the same base class. And I only care for the form view in the Django Admin interface.

The only solution that worked for me was to customize the Django Admin interface and set the verbose_name (or help_text) there:

class FooAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    def get_form(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
        form = super().get_form(request, obj, **kwargs)
        form.base_fields['name'].verbose_name = "my verbose name"
        return form

admin.site.register(models.Foo, FooAdmin)