Question

Is it possible to display a model’s related child rows using the Django admin interface? An example model:

def Parent(models.Model):
    name = models.TextField()
    ....

def Child(models.Model):
    name = models.TextField()
    Parent = models.ForeignKey(Parent)
    ...

In the admin interface, when viewing a particular Parent object might display something like:

Name: Jack

Children: 

    Bob
    Jenny
    Sam
    ....

I understand that I can extend the admin views manually, just wondering if there’s a bit of magic that I can add to my admin.py file instead.

Answer 1

You could add the child objects as inlines.

class ChildInline(admin.TabularInline):
    model = Child

class ParentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    inlines = [
        ChildInline,
    ]