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    copied!<p>I'm trying to change the <em>default value</em> of a foreignkey-formfield to set a Value of an other model <em>depending on</em> the logged in <em>user</em>. But I'm racking my brain on it...</p> <p>This: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2194728/changing-foreignkeys-defaults-in-admin-site">Changing ForeignKey’s defaults in admin site</a> would an option to change the empty_label, but I need the default_value.</p> <pre><code>#Now I tried the following without errors but it didn't had the desired effect: class EmployeeAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): ... def formfield_for_foreignkey(self, db_field, request=None, **kwargs): formfields= super(EmployeeAdmin, self).formfield_for_foreignkey(db_field, request, **kwargs) if request.user.is_superuser: return formfields if db_field.name == "company": #This is the RELEVANT LINE kwargs["initial"] = request.user.default_company return db_field.formfield(**kwargs) admin.site.register(Employee, EmployeeAdmin) ################################################################## # REMAINING Setups if someone would like to know it but i think # irrelevant concerning the problem ################################################################## from django.contrib.auth.models import User, UserManager class CompanyUser(User): ... objects = UserManager() company = models.ManyToManyField(Company) default_company= models.ForeignKey(Company, related_name='default_company') #I registered the CompanyUser instead of the standard User, # thats all up and working ... class Employee(models.Model): company = models.ForeignKey(Company) ... </code></pre> <p>Hint: kwargs["default"] ... doesn't exist.</p> <p>Thanks in advance, Nick</p>
 

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