Django "xxxxxx Object" display customization in admin action sidebar
__unicode__ does do that. Your model should look something like this:
class SomeModel(models.Model): def __unicode__(self): return 'Policy: ' + self.nameOn Python 3 you need to use __str__:
def __str__(self): return 'Policy: ' + self.name
Using the __str__ method works on Python3 and Django1.8:
class MyModel(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=60) def __str__(self): return 'MyModel: {}'.format(self.name)
The string you're seeing is coming from __unicode__ method, as others have mentioned. But the thing is that admin saves string representation of an object when it creates log event, therefore if you add __unicode__ implementation after the log entry was saved, you won't see new titles on old items, only after you make some new activity