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diff --git a/docs/admin.txt b/docs/admin.txt index 8c9ef71898..33e9ede4c2 100644 --- a/docs/admin.txt +++ b/docs/admin.txt @@ -147,6 +147,26 @@ The ``field_options`` dictionary can have the following keys: ``django.utils.html.escape()`` to escape any HTML special characters. +``fields`` +~~~~~~~~~~ + +Use this option as an alternative to ``fieldsets`` if the layout does not +matter and if you want to only show a subset of the available fields in the +form. For example, you could define a simpler version of the admin form for +the ``django.contrib.flatpages.FlatPage`` model as follows:: + + class FlatPageAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): + fields = ('url', 'title', 'content') + +In the above example, only the fields 'url', 'title' and 'content' will be +displayed, sequencially, in the form. + +.. admonition:: Note + + This ``fields`` option should not be confused with the ``fields`` + dictionary key that is within the ``fieldsets`` option, as described in + the previous section. + ``filter_horizontal`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |