How to set the current user on the model instance using newforms admin. '''TODO''' make it work with inline edited models {{{ #!python # app/models.py from django.db import models from django.contrib.auth.models import User class Post(models.Model): user = models.ForeignKey(User) content = models.TextField() # app/admin.py from app.models import Post from django.contrib import admin class PostModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): fields= ('content',) def __call__(self, request, url): self.user = request.user return super(PostModelAdmin, self).__call__(request, url) def save_model(self, request, form, change): new_object = form.save(commit=False) new_object.user = self.user new_object.save() form.save_m2m() return new_object admin.site.register(Post, PostModelAdmin) }}}