Form field description in django admin

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megido picture megido · Jun 3, 2011 · Viewed 37.8k times · Source

How to add hint for the form field in django admin like in next example?

form field description in django admin

(here: URL and Content descriptions are shown with gray color under field)

Answer

Timmy O'Mahony picture Timmy O'Mahony · Jun 3, 2011

When defining your fields in models.py:

myfield = models.CharField(max_length=100, help_text="This is the grey text")

Bookmark this link:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/#help-text

I find myself referring to it all the time (not just for help_text, but for everything to do with model fields)!

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