Fixed #30259 -- Added support for admin_order_field attribute on properties in ModelAdmin.list_display.

django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py

@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ def result_headers(cl):
                 continue
 
             admin_order_field = getattr(attr, "admin_order_field", None)
+            # Set ordering for attr that is a property, if defined.
+            if isinstance(attr, property) and hasattr(attr, 'fget'):
+                admin_order_field = getattr(attr.fget, 'admin_order_field')
             if not admin_order_field:
                 is_field_sortable = False
 

django/contrib/admin/views/main.py

@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ class ChangeList:
                 attr = getattr(self.model_admin, field_name)
             else:
                 attr = getattr(self.model, field_name)
+            if isinstance(attr, property) and hasattr(attr, 'fget'):
+                attr = attr.fget
             return getattr(attr, 'admin_order_field', None)
 
     def get_ordering(self, request, queryset):

docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt

@@ -754,8 +754,9 @@ subclass::
 
     * Elements of ``list_display`` can also be properties. Please note however,
       that due to the way properties work in Python, setting
-      ``short_description`` on a property is only possible when using the
-      ``property()`` function and **not** with the ``@property`` decorator.
+      ``short_description`` or ``admin_order_field`` on a property is only
+      possible when using the ``property()`` function and **not** with the
+      ``@property`` decorator.
 
       For example::
 
@@ -766,6 +767,7 @@ subclass::
               def my_property(self):
                   return self.first_name + ' ' + self.last_name
               my_property.short_description = "Full name of the person"
+              my_property.admin_order_field = 'last_name'
 
               full_name = property(my_property)
 

docs/releases/3.0.txt

@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ Minor features
 :mod:`django.contrib.admin`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* ...
+* Added support for ``admin_order_field`` attribute on properties in
+  :attr:`.ModelAdmin.list_display`.
 
 :mod:`django.contrib.admindocs`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

tests/admin_views/admin.py

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_display = (
         'content', 'date', callable_year, 'model_year', 'modeladmin_year',
         'model_year_reversed', 'section', lambda obj: obj.title,
-        'order_by_expression',
+        'order_by_expression', 'model_property_year',
     )
     list_editable = ('section',)
     list_filter = ('date', 'section')

tests/admin_views/models.py

@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ class Article(models.Model):
     model_year_reversed.admin_order_field = '-date'
     model_year_reversed.short_description = ''
 
+    def property_year(self):
+        return self.date.year
+    property_year.admin_order_field = 'date'
+    model_property_year = property(property_year)
+
 
 class Book(models.Model):
     """

tests/admin_views/tests.py

@@ -344,6 +344,25 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(AdminViewBasicTestCase):
             "Results of sorting on callable are out of order."
         )
 
+    def test_change_list_sorting_property(self):
+        """
+        Sort on a list_display field that is a property (column 10 is
+        a property in Article model).
+        """
+        response = self.client.get(reverse('admin:admin_views_article_changelist'), {'o': 10})
+        self.assertContentBefore(
+            response,
+            'Oldest content',
+            'Middle content',
+            'Results of sorting on property are out of order.',
+        )
+        self.assertContentBefore(
+            response,
+            'Middle content',
+            'Newest content',
+            'Results of sorting on property are out of order.',
+        )
+
     def test_change_list_sorting_callable_query_expression(self):
         """
         Query expressions may be used for admin_order_field. (column 9 is