== Admin change list view customization with ListColumn == Related ticket: #8054 Move method properties for admin list customisation to ModelAdmin This ticket adds: * beatifull API to admin change list customization * ability to customize and localize 3rd-party application without fork it * ability to apply custom template filters on field value or model method returned value without any magic * ability to specify witch field will be used in order for column based on model method ==== ListColumn API ==== Arguments: * field_name - model field or model method name Keyword arguments: * header - change list column header. If not provided standard algoritm to header column calculation will be used. * filter - template filters will be apllied to value on output. * load_filters - list of required template tags libraries. This libraries will be load before apply template filters to output value. * order_field - specify witch field will be used to prowide order by this column. * value_map - choices used to mapping display value ==== Example ==== Current way to admin change list view customization: {{{ class Account(models.Model): foo = model.BooleanField(...) bar = model.CharField(...) baz = model.CharField(...) bonk = model.CharField(...) ends = models.DateTimeField() def get_bar_column(self): return ... get_bar_column.allow_tags = True def timeuntil_ends(): return ... class AccountAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): list_display = ['foo', 'get_bar_column', 'baz', 'bonk', 'timeuntil_ends'] }}} Proposed way: {{{ class Account(models.Model): foo = model.BooleanField(...) bar = model.CharField(...) baz = model.CharField(...) bonk = model.CharField(...) ends = models.DateTimeField() def get_bar(self): return ... class AccountAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): list_display = [ admin.ListColumn('foo', header='Foo Description', filter='boolean'), admin.ListColumn('get_bar', filter='safe', order_field='bar'), 'baz', 'bonk', admin.ListColumn('ends', filter='timeuntil', header="Ending in") ] }}}