I have a model that I need to add some custom javascript processing to its admin form.
I have tried an implementation via the following guide: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/ref/contrib/admin/#overriding-admin-templates
So I created my own change_form.html, and I overrode object-tools-items and put my js in there, but I'm not seeing it when I go to the change form. Then, just as a test, I put it directly into the real django change_form.html, but still nothing.
Then to see if that template is being used, I changed it - added data, created syntax errors, but still, it had no effect. So it seems like that template isn't being used at all. I grepped for change_form.html to see where it's rendered from, and I found it in contrib/admin/options.py:render_change_form(), so I set a breakpoint there, but it was never hit. But the HTML sure looks like it came from that template.
Can anyone give me some direction here please?
You do not need to override admin templates to add your custom javascript to admin pages.
You can add your assets like this:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/media/#assets-as-a-static-definition
And then you just need to override your forms that admin site uses.