verbose name app in django admin interface

Salias picture Salias · Mar 29, 2013 · Viewed 7.9k times · Source

In the Django administration Interface, we have our models grouped by app. Well, I known how to customize the model name:

class MyModel (models.Model):
  class Meta:
    verbose_name = 'My Model'
    verbose_name_plural = 'My Models'   

But I couldn't customize the app name. Is there any verbose_name for the apps ?

Answer

igolkotek picture igolkotek · Feb 27, 2015

Since django 1.7 app_label does not work. You have to follow https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/applications/#for-application-authors instructions. That is:

  1. Create apps.py in your app's directory
  2. Write verbose name :

    # myapp/apps.py
    
    from django.apps import AppConfig
    
    class MyAppConfig(AppConfig):
        name = 'myapp'
        verbose_name = "Rock ’n’ roll"
    
  3. In the project's settings change INSTALLED_APPS :

    INSTALLED_APPS = [
        'myapp.apps.MyAppConfig',
        # ...
    ]
    

    Or, you can leave myapp.appsin INSTALLED_APPS and make your application load this AppConfig subclass by default as follows:

    # myapp/__init__.py
    
    default_app_config = 'myapp.apps.MyAppConfig'
    

alles :)