Question

Let’s say I have a model called MySuper:

class MySuper(models.Model):
    some_attr = models.CharField(max_length=128)

And I have two subclasses that inherit from this model, called MySub1 and MySub2.

I need to add a help_text to some_attr, but must be different in each subclass. Is there any way to do this?

class MySub1(MySuper):
    # ...
    # add help_text='Help text of some_attr inside MySub1'

class MySub2(MySuper):
    # ...
    # add help_text='Help text of some_attr inside MySub2'

Answer 1

Another way to achieve this without having to fully redefine the field would be:

class MySub1(MySuper):
    pass

MySub1._meta.get_field('some_attr').help_text = 'sub1 help text'


class MySub2(MySuper):
    pass

MySub2._meta.get_field('some_attr').help_text = 'sub2 help text'