Changing ForeignKey's defaults in admin site

Question

Hi,

I'd like to know how I can change the blank value of ForeignKey in admin site's forms. There blank is showed as "-----". I wanna replace it by a word.

Does someone know how to do it?

Answer 1

You need to use ModelChoiceField's empty_label.

Answer 2

Create custom ModelForm and override your field there, then, assign this form class to form option of ModelAdmin. Like this:

#forms.py
class CustomForm(forms.ModelForm):
    user = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset=User.objects.all(), empty_label=u'label')

class Meta:
    model = MyModel

#admin.py
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     form = CustomForm

Answer 3

Thank you, guys!