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13163	Display link to change-form on inlines where model is registered in admin site	Simon Meers	Simon Meers	"If an inline object has a {{{get_absolute_url}}} method, a 'View on site' link is displayed.

Here I propose that if an inline object is registered in the same admin site, an 'Edit' link is displayed in a similar fashion.

Why?

 * The inline may only display a subset of fields, so the user may wish to go to the full change form
 * 'Recursive inlines' can be accessed more easily -- e.g. {{{Household}}} has {{{Person}}} inlines, and {{{Person}}} has {{{Phone}}} inlines, etc.

The attached patch shows a draft implementation.

Questions:

 * Do we need to check if the user has change permissions on that model before displaying the link? (in the unlikely event that the user has permission to change a model which displays the inlines of a model which they do not have change permissions for). Given that I cannot see a straightforward way of checking for this without the addition of a template tag/filter, and the rarity of such setups, I'd be happy to let the user click the link and get a permission denied page.
 * Do we need an {{{InlineModelAdmin}}} option for enabling/disabling this link? E.g. {{{InlineModelAdmin.show_admin_link}}}. Or are we happy to have it enabled globally?
 * Is {{{[ Edit ]}}} a sufficiently understandable link label? Would ""Edit in Admin"", or ""Display full form"" or something be more appropriate?

I think the reciprocal of this would also be very useful -- {{{ForeignKey}}} widgets could display an {{{[edit]}}} link beside the ""add new"" (green +) link which links to the change form for the selected parent object."	New feature	closed	contrib.admin	dev	Normal	fixed	inline link	sree@… cg@… glicerinu@…	Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	1