Django admin - sorting list_filter
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Define default ordering in model Meta
class:
class MyModel(models.Model):
# some model fields here
class Meta:
ordering = ['-version',]
If somehow it does not fulfill your purpose you can write your own custom list filter:
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
from django.contrib.admin import SimpleListFilter
class VersionFilter(SimpleListFilter):
title = _('version')
parameter_name = 'version'
def lookups(self, request, model_admin):
qs = model_admin.queryset(request)
return [(i, i) for i in qs.values_list('version', flat=True) \
.distinct().order_by('-version')]
def queryset(self, request, queryset):
if self.value():
return queryset.filter(version__exact=self.value())
class MyModel(ModelAdmin):
list_filter = (VersionFilter,)
If you get following error AttributeError: object has no attribute 'queryset'
then you are probably using Django 1.5+
use .get_queryset()
instead e.g.
qs = model_admin.get_queryset(request)
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Author by
Ron D.
Updated on September 24, 2022Comments
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Ron D. over 1 year
I have 'version' in list_filter, and I want the latest version be after 'All' list item. In this case, how do I sort the list descending? (All, 3.6.99.108,3.6.99.107...)
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Hedde van der Heide almost 11 yearsOr create your own filter if this isn't desired default ordering behaviour
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Aamir Rind almost 11 years@Hedde yup i have added an example for that. I saw your comment after adding the custom filter example. Thanks!
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stalk almost 11 years@Aamir Adnan, model_admin doesn't have
get_queryset
method (qs = model_admin.get_queryset(request)
). It hasqueryset
method. Probably it is needed to change in answer. -
Ron D. almost 11 yearsThe first solution didn't fulfil my purpose. The second one did, thanks! Also, I've changed 'lookups' to retrieve distinct values, to avoid duplicates: return [(i, i) for i in qs.values_list('version', flat=True).distinct().order_by('-version')]
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Aamir Rind almost 11 years@ron i added
.distinct()
in my answer 10 minutes ago before your comment :) -
Ron D. almost 11 years@Aamir Adnan, I see it now :). Thanks!
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fodma1 over 7 years@Aamir Adnan It's just a small thing, but you don't have to add
by
in the title, because it results inBy by version