Optionally remember last action and allow disabling default message

Bump version from 0.5.4 -> 0.6.0

Author: cb109

README.md

@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ class MyModelAdmin(ChangeFormActionsMixin, admin.ModelAdmin):
     actions = [...]
 ```
 
+## Django Settings
+
+```py
+# Whether to display an `Action: <name>` success message after running
+# an action. Disable this if you want to display no message or a custom
+# message, e.g. as part of each action.
+CHANGEFORM_ACTIONS_ENABLE_DEFAULT_MESSAGE: bool = True
+
+# Enable this to preselect the last action in the dropdown, which is
+# helpful to repeatedly run the same action several times.
+CHANGEFORM_ACTIONS_REMEMBER_LAST_ACTION: bool = False
+```
+
 ## Development Setup
 
 This project uses [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) to handle python versions and dependencies.

changeform_actions/admin.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.template.context import ContextDict
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.urls import reverse
@@ -84,6 +85,13 @@ def get_changeform_actions_dropdown(self, request, context) -> str:
         action_form = ActionForm(auto_id=None)
         action_form.fields["action"].choices = action_choices
 
+        if getattr(settings, "CHANGEFORM_ACTIONS_REMEMBER_LAST_ACTION", False):
+            last_action: Optional[str] = request.session.get(
+                "changeform_actions_last_action", None
+            )
+            if last_action and last_action in dict(action_choices):
+                action_form.initial["action"] = last_action
+
         return render_to_string(
             "admin/actions_for_changeform.html",
             request=request,

changeform_actions/views.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.apps import apps
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.admin.views.decorators import staff_member_required
 from django.db.models import QuerySet
@@ -57,6 +58,14 @@ def run_action_for_model_instance(request):
     for action, name, label in model_admin._get_base_actions():
         if name == action_name:
             action(model_admin, request, queryset)
-            model_admin.message_user(request, _("Action:") + f" {label}")
+
+            if getattr(settings, "CHANGEFORM_ACTIONS_ENABLE_DEFAULT_MESSAGE", True):
+                model_admin.message_user(request, _("Action:") + f" {label}")
+
+            if (
+                getattr(settings, "CHANGEFORM_ACTIONS_REMEMBER_LAST_ACTION", False)
+                and request.session
+            ):
+                request.session["changeform_actions_last_action"] = action_name
 
     return HttpResponseRedirect(referer_url)

pyproject.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "django-admin-changeform-actions"
 authors = [
   { name="Christoph Buelter", email="buelter.christoph@gmail.com" },
 ]
-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.6.0"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Reuse model admin changelist actions on changeform pages"
 readme = "README.md"