Fixed #15185 -- Allowed ModelAdmin.list_display_links=None to disable change list links.

Thanks rm_ for the suggestion.

django/contrib/admin/options.py

@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         on the changelist. The list_display parameter is the list of fields
         returned by get_list_display().
         """
-        if self.list_display_links or not list_display:
+        if self.list_display_links or self.list_display_links is None or not list_display:
             return self.list_display_links
         else:
             # Use only the first item in list_display as link

django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py

@@ -178,6 +178,14 @@ def items_for_result(cl, result, form):
     """
     Generates the actual list of data.
     """
+
+    def link_in_col(is_first, field_name, cl):
+        if cl.list_display_links is None:
+            return False
+        if is_first and not cl.list_display_links:
+            return True
+        return field_name in cl.list_display_links
+
     first = True
     pk = cl.lookup_opts.pk.attname
     for field_name in cl.list_display:
@@ -216,7 +224,7 @@ def items_for_result(cl, result, form):
             result_repr = mark_safe(' ')
         row_class = mark_safe(' class="%s"' % ' '.join(row_classes))
         # If list_display_links not defined, add the link tag to the first field
-        if (first and not cl.list_display_links) or field_name in cl.list_display_links:
+        if link_in_col(first, field_name, cl):
             table_tag = 'th' if first else 'td'
             first = False
 

django/contrib/admin/validation.py

@@ -257,8 +257,10 @@ class ModelAdminValidator(BaseValidator):
                                     % (cls.__name__, idx, field))
 
     def validate_list_display_links(self, cls, model):
-        " Validate that list_display_links is a unique subset of list_display. "
+        " Validate that list_display_links either is None or a unique subset of list_display."
         if hasattr(cls, 'list_display_links'):
+            if cls.list_display_links is None:
+                return
             check_isseq(cls, 'list_display_links', cls.list_display_links)
             for idx, field in enumerate(cls.list_display_links):
                 if field not in cls.list_display:
@@ -344,6 +346,7 @@ class ModelAdminValidator(BaseValidator):
                     raise ImproperlyConfigured("'%s.list_editable[%d]' refers to "
                         "'%s' which is not defined in 'list_display'."
                         % (cls.__name__, idx, field_name))
+                if cls.list_display_links is not None:
                     if field_name in cls.list_display_links:
                         raise ImproperlyConfigured("'%s' cannot be in both '%s.list_editable'"
                             " and '%s.list_display_links'"

docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt

@@ -648,19 +648,21 @@ subclass::
 
 .. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_display_links
 
-    Set ``list_display_links`` to control which fields in ``list_display``
-    should be linked to the "change" page for an object.
+    Use ``list_display_links`` to control if and which fields in
+    :attr:`list_display` should be linked to the "change" page for an object.
 
     By default, the change list page will link the first column -- the first
     field specified in ``list_display`` -- to the change page for each item.
-    But ``list_display_links`` lets you change which columns are linked. Set
-    ``list_display_links`` to a list or tuple of fields (in the same
-    format as ``list_display``) to link.
+    But ``list_display_links`` lets you change this:
 
-    ``list_display_links`` can specify one or many fields. As long as the
-    fields appear in ``list_display``, Django doesn't care how many (or
-    how few) fields are linked. The only requirement is: If you want to use
-    ``list_display_links``, you must define ``list_display``.
+    * Set it to ``None`` to get no links at all.
+    * Set it to a list or tuple of fields (in the same format as
+      ``list_display``) whose columns you want converted to links.
+
+      You can specify one or many fields. As long as the fields appear in
+      ``list_display``, Django doesn't care how many (or how few) fields are
+      linked. The only requirement is that if you want to use
+      ``list_display_links`` in this fashion, you must define ``list_display``.
 
     In this example, the ``first_name`` and ``last_name`` fields will be
     linked on the change list page::
@@ -669,7 +671,17 @@ subclass::
             list_display = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'birthday')
             list_display_links = ('first_name', 'last_name')
 
-    .. _admin-list-editable:
+    In this example, the change list page grid will have no links::
+
+        class AuditEntryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+            list_display = ('timestamp', 'message')
+            list_display_links = None
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.7
+
+        ``None`` was added as a valid ``list_display_links`` value.
+
+.. _admin-list-editable:
 
 .. attribute:: ModelAdmin.list_editable
 
@@ -1242,9 +1254,13 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
 
     The ``get_list_display_links`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and
     the ``list`` or ``tuple`` returned by :meth:`ModelAdmin.get_list_display`.
-    It is expected to return a ``list`` or ``tuple`` of field names on the
-    changelist that will be linked to the change view, as described in the
-    :attr:`ModelAdmin.list_display_links` section.
+    It is expected to return either ``None`` or a ``list`` or ``tuple`` of field
+    names on the changelist that will be linked to the change view, as described
+    in the :attr:`ModelAdmin.list_display_links` section.
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.7
+
+        ``None`` was added as a valid ``get_list_display_links()`` return value.
 
 .. method:: ModelAdmin.get_fields(self, request, obj=None)
 

docs/releases/1.7.txt

@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ Minor features
   new :func:`~django.contrib.admin.register` decorator to register a
   :class:`~django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin`.
 
+* You may specify :meth:`ModelAdmin.list_display_links
+  <django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.list_display_links>` ``= None`` to disable
+  links on the change list page grid.
+
 :mod:`django.contrib.auth`
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

tests/admin_changelist/admin.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from .models import (Event, Child, Parent, Genre, Band, Musician, Group,
 
 site = admin.AdminSite(name="admin")
 
+
 class CustomPaginator(Paginator):
     def __init__(self, queryset, page_size, orphans=0, allow_empty_first_page=True):
         super(CustomPaginator, self).__init__(queryset, 5, orphans=2,
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ class DynamicListDisplayChildAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
             my_list_display.remove('parent')
         return my_list_display
 
+
 class DynamicListDisplayLinksChildAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_display = ('parent', 'name', 'age')
     list_display_links = ['parent', 'name']
@@ -89,12 +91,20 @@ class DynamicListDisplayLinksChildAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
 
 site.register(Child, DynamicListDisplayChildAdmin)
 
+
+class NoListDisplayLinksParentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    list_display_links = None
+
+site.register(Parent, NoListDisplayLinksParentAdmin)
+
+
 class SwallowAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     actions = None # prevent ['action_checkbox'] + list(list_display)
     list_display = ('origin', 'load', 'speed')
 
 site.register(Swallow, SwallowAdmin)
 
+
 class DynamicListFilterChildAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_filter = ('parent', 'name', 'age')
 
@@ -105,6 +115,7 @@ class DynamicListFilterChildAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
             my_list_filter.remove('parent')
         return my_list_filter
 
+
 class DynamicSearchFieldsChildAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     search_fields = ('name',)
 

tests/admin_changelist/tests.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from .admin import (ChildAdmin, QuartetAdmin, BandAdmin, ChordsBandAdmin,
     DynamicListDisplayLinksChildAdmin, CustomPaginationAdmin,
     FilteredChildAdmin, CustomPaginator, site as custom_site,
     SwallowAdmin, DynamicListFilterChildAdmin, InvitationAdmin,
-    DynamicSearchFieldsChildAdmin)
+    DynamicSearchFieldsChildAdmin, NoListDisplayLinksParentAdmin)
 from .models import (Event, Child, Parent, Genre, Band, Musician, Group,
     Quartet, Membership, ChordsMusician, ChordsBand, Invitation, Swallow,
     UnorderedObject, OrderedObject, CustomIdUser)
@@ -460,6 +460,16 @@ class ChangeListTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(list_display, ('parent', 'name', 'age'))
         self.assertEqual(list_display_links, ['age'])
 
+    def test_no_list_display_links(self):
+        """#15185 -- Allow no links from the 'change list' view grid."""
+        p = Parent.objects.create(name='parent')
+        m = NoListDisplayLinksParentAdmin(Parent, admin.site)
+        superuser = self._create_superuser('superuser')
+        request = self._mocked_authenticated_request('/parent/', superuser)
+        response = m.changelist_view(request)
+        link = reverse('admin:admin_changelist_parent_change', args=(p.pk,))
+        self.assertNotContains(response, '<a href="%s">' % link)
+
     def test_tuple_list_display(self):
         """
         Regression test for #17128

tests/modeladmin/tests.py

@@ -967,6 +967,11 @@ class ValidationTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
         ValidationTestModelAdmin.validate(ValidationTestModel)
 
+        class ValidationTestModelAdmin(ModelAdmin):
+            list_display_links = None
+
+        ValidationTestModelAdmin.validate(ValidationTestModel)
+
     def test_list_filter_validation(self):
 
         class ValidationTestModelAdmin(ModelAdmin):