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Change the input widget into a textfield in Django Model Admin form
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Suppose you have a Book model which has a description field as given below.
# app_name/models.py
class Book(models.Model):
...
description = models.CharField(max_length=150)
As you can see above, you have a models.CharField in a model, and you want to show it as a TextField or you want to add a custom widget such as Rich Text Widget in the admin, here is how you can change the widget type with the help of formfield_overrides.
# app_name/admin.py
from django.contrib import admin
from django.db import models
from app_name.models import Book
@admin.register(Book)
class BookAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
...
formfield_overrides = {
models.CharField: {
"widget": models.TextField
}
}
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