Django, global template variables

Question

I have a base template file (base.html) and every other template extends to it and generates content using its blocks. Certain variables, such as nav_obj, are used in the base template file.

View:

nav_obj = NavigationObject.objects.all()

Base template:

{% for object in nav_obj %}
<a href="{{ object.link }}">{{ object.title }}</a>
{% endfor %}

At the moment, I need to pass nav_obj in every view. Is there any way to have this sent automatically?

Answer 1

Write your own context processor.

Answer 2

Inclusion tags might be a good-looking alternative to a context processor.

Answer 3

There is an alternative, redirect here: Defining "global variable" in Django templates

Snippet example usage:

{% setglobal foo 0 %}
value={% getglobal foo %}
{% incrementglobal foo 0 %}
value={% setglobal foo %}

Answer 4

You can also look at Django-navbar for it's documentation and tests..