Django-Admin: CharField as TextArea

Question

I have

class Cab(models.Model):
    name  = models.CharField( max_length=20 )
    descr = models.CharField( max_length=2000 )

class Cab_Admin(admin.ModelAd         


        

Answer 1

For this case, the best option is probably just to use a TextField instead of CharField in your model. You can also override the formfield_for_dbfield method of your ModelAdmin class:

class CabAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    def formfield_for_dbfield(self, db_field, **kwargs):
        formfield = super(CabAdmin, self).formfield_for_dbfield(db_field, **kwargs)
        if db_field.name == 'descr':
            formfield.widget = forms.Textarea(attrs=formfield.widget.attrs)
        return formfield