Set model's __unicode__ to display html tags in admin

In the django admin I have a TabularInline for a ManyToMany field with a raw_id_fields set. It displays the unicode() of the object next to the html input field.

I would like it to display the an email link. So in the unicode() function of the model, I put in the html tags to 开发者_运维知识库create a link. However, it is displaying the html tags.

Is there a way to tell the admin that the unicode is safe to display tags?

I've tried using the allow_tags property but that seems to only be a ModelAdmin property.

Is it possible to do this without creating a new template?

EDIT:

I've found exactly where this is happening. On line 159 of:django/contrib/admin/widgets.py

        return '&nbsp;<strong>%s</strong>' % escape(truncate_words(obj, 14))

The escape there is manually escaping it. I've tested removing the escape() and it works. I don't like the idea of editing the django source. How could I get around this without change the source?

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If your aim is to just display an email link for the list view, i would suggest writing a custom column for the list view like this:

list_display = ('admin_email', ...)

def admin_email(self, object):
    return '<a href="%s">%s</a>'%(admin.email, admin)
admin_email.allow_tags = True
admin_email.short_description = 'Send Email'

This is better because you might be using the unicode call at a lot of other places, and the html might cause problems there.

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Here is an example, with same end result as sebpiq's using SafeUnicode, "A unicode subclass that has been specifically marked as 'safe' for HTML output purposes."

e.g.

from django.utils.safestring import SafeUnicode

class SomeClass(models.Model):
...

    def __unicode__(self):

        return SafeUnicode("foo: %s<br>bar: %s" % (foo, bar))

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You should try mark_safe on the value that you return. Then the string shouldn't be escaped anymore !