Verbose name for a property described in the model

Question

How do I set a verbose_name for the @property, which I described in the model, so I can see a different field name (e.g. 'subcategory') in Django Admin?

@property
def category_name(self):
    return self.category.name

I tried to set Meta, short_description and verbose name inside of the method -- it doesn't work.

*How* did you try to set `short_description`? – jonrsharpe Jul 12 '16 at 10:14 — jonrsharpe, Jul 12 '16 at 10:14

Ivan Semochkin · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-12T10:47:28.420

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You should set it inside model directly, instead of Meta and you don't need this @property decorator at all:

def category_name(self):
    return self.category.name
category_name.short_description = u'your description'

edited Jul 12 '16 at 10:47

answered Jul 12 '16 at 10:13

Ivan Semochkin

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I think, there is no need for property decorator here? – doniyor Jul 12 '16 at 10:44
@doniyor yes sure, no need for `@property` – Ivan Semochkin Jul 12 '16 at 10:46
yep, I would just call the property inside this function instead of `self.category.name` --> `self.category_name` and change the function name to something else – doniyor Jul 12 '16 at 10:47

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 14 '22 at 13:46

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@property
def category_name(self):
    return self.category.name

category_name.fget.short_description = 'Category name'

From https://stackoverflow.com/a/64352815/13765033

answered Mar 14 '22 at 13:46

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Verbose name for a property described in the model

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