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diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin.txt index ceb33bc40a..da2f8a7e53 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin.txt @@ -181,6 +181,32 @@ displayed, sequentially, in the form. dictionary key that is within the ``fieldsets`` option, as described in the previous section. +``exclude`` +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This attribute, if given, should be a list of field names to exclude from the +form. + +For example, let's consider the following model:: + + class Author(models.Model): + name = models.CharField(max_length=100) + title = models.CharField(max_length=3) + birth_date = models.DateField(blank=True, null=True) + +If you want a form for the ``Author`` model that includes only the ``name`` +and ``title`` fields, you would specify ``fields`` or ``exclude`` like this:: + + class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): + fields = ('name', 'title') + + class AuthorAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): + exclude = ('birth_date',) + +Since the Author model only has three fields, ``name``, ``title``, and +``birth_date``, the forms resulting from the above declarations will contain +exactly the same fields. + ``filter_horizontal`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |