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34339	Allow overriding construct_search().	Ramez Issac	nobody	"In ModelAdmin, `get_search_result` uses an ''inner'' function `construct_search`  to add the __icontains ,  istartswith, iexact

It can be much easier for more customization, if construct_search function was override-able.


FYI, My Case is: i can not add a related id field to search_fields...  have to use traversing .

{{{
class MyAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    search_fields = ['client_id', # wont work
                     'client__id'  # will work ]

}}}
"	New feature	closed	contrib.admin	4.1	Normal	wontfix	admin search		Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0