id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 13233 readonly_fields doesn't work with fields not part of the model benc nobody "using readonly_fields in the admin works for fields of the model but when I add a field to the form and try to make it readonly I'm getting an error: {{{ ImproperlyConfigured at /admin/myapp/mymodel/1/ MyModelAdmin.readonly_fields[0], 'somefield' is not a callable or an attribute of 'MyModelAdmin' or found in the model 'MyModel'. }}} readonly_fields is useful to show calculated fields. I'm using it to show the sum of inline cart items. {{{ class MyModelAdminForm(forms.ModelForm): class Meta: model = MyModel somefield = forms.CharField() class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): form = MyModelAdminForm readonly_fields = ('somefield',) }}} Thanks " Uncategorized closed contrib.admin 1.2-beta Normal worksforme admin, readonly_fields Unreviewed 0 0 0 0 0 0