5.8. Admin Widget

from django import forms
from django.db import models
from django.contrib import admin
from emoji_picker.widgets import EmojiPickerTextInput, EmojiPickerTextarea
from shop.models import Customer


@admin.register(Customer)
class CustomerAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    formfield_overrides = {
        models.ManyToManyField: {'widget': forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple},
        models.CharField: {'widget': EmojiPickerTextInput},
        models.TextField: {'widget': EmojiPickerTextarea},
        # models.TextField: {'widget': Textarea(attrs={'cols': 40, 'rows': 4})},
    }

5.8.1. Changeform

>>> 
... @admin.register(Customer)
... class CustomerAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
...     def get_changeform_initial_data(self, request):
...         return {
...             'when': date.today(),
...             'reporter': request.user.pk
...         }

5.8.2. Use Case - 1

• python -m pip install django-emoji-picker

• INSTALLED_APPS += ['emoji_picker']

>>> 
... from emoji_picker.widgets import EmojiPickerTextInputAdmin, EmojiPickerTextareaAdmin
...
...
... class YourModelForm(forms.ModelForm):
...     short_text = forms.CharField(widget=EmojiPickerTextInputAdmin)
...     long_text = forms.CharField(widget=EmojiPickerTextareaAdmin)

5.8.3. Use Case - 2

• python -m pip install django-emoji-picker

• INSTALLED_APPS += ['emoji_picker']

>>> 
... from django.db import models
... from django.contrib import admin
... from emoji_picker.widgets import EmojiPickerTextInput, EmojiPickerTextarea
... from shop.models import Customer
...
...
... @admin.register(Customer)
... class CustomerAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
...     formfield_overrides = {
...         models.CharField: {'widget': EmojiPickerTextInput},
...         models.TextField: {'widget': EmojiPickerTextarea},
...     }