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Django Logout Button

This may seem like a silly question but I can't find anything to help. How would you create a logout button on every view like the one available in the admin page?

Solution

  • Use templates inheritance: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/templates/#template-inheritance or include tag: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/?from=olddocs#include

    Example with template inheritance: We have a base template for all pages on our application:

    base.html

    <html>
<head>...</head>
<body>
    <a href="/logout">logout</a>  # or use the "url" tag: {% url logout_named_view %}

    {% block content %} {% endblock %}
</body>
</html>

    other_pages.html

    {% extends "base.html" %}
{% block content %}
    <div class="content">....</div>
    ....
    ....
{% endblock %}

    Now, we have a logout link on all pages inherited from the base.html

    Example with include tag:

    user_panel.html

    <div class="user_panel">
    <a href="/logout">logout</a>
</div>

    other_pages

    <html>
<head>...</head>
<body>
    {% include "user_panel.html" %}
    ...
    ...
</body>
</html>

    I recommend for a solution to your problem using template inheritance