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Workshop

The workshop consists of a set of questions and answers designed to solidify your understanding of the material covered in this hour. Try answering the questions before looking at the answers.

Quiz

1. How can you limit the objects that are displayed in the change list by a word or phrase in the content of one or more fields?
2. How do you enable a group of object fields to be expanded or collapsed in the admin interface?
3. Is there a way to display information other than just the field data in the change list?

Quiz Answers

1. Add the search_fields attribute to the Admin class in the model.
2. Add the collapse class to the dictionary of the group defined in the fields attribute of the Admin class:
('Blogs', {'fields':('blogs',), 'classes': 'collapse'}),

3. Yes. You can define a function as a member of the model and then add the function to the list_display attribute of the Admin class for that model. The function's output is displayed in the change list.

1.	How can you limit the objects that are displayed in the change list by a word or phrase in the content of one or more fields?
2.	How do you enable a group of object fields to be expanded or collapsed in the admin interface?
3.	Is there a way to display information other than just the field data in the change list?

1.	Add the `search_fields` attribute to the `Admin` class in the model.
2.	Add the `collapse` class to the dictionary of the group defined in the `fields` attribute of the `Admin` class: ('Blogs', {'fields':('blogs',), 'classes': 'collapse'}),
3.	Yes. You can define a function as a member of the model and then add the function to the `list_display` attribute of the `Admin` class for that model. The function's output is displayed in the change list.