16704 - Define a default help_text for ColorField (netbox-community#16708)

* Added `help_text` to ColorField.

* Addressed PR comment to remove the redundant help_text from all the forms where ColorField was used.

* Add space before example value

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Co-authored-by: Jeremy Stretch <[email protected]>

Author: Julio-Oliveira-Encora

netbox/circuits/forms/bulk_import.py

@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ class CircuitTypeImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):
     class Meta:
         model = CircuitType
         fields = ('name', 'slug', 'color', 'description', 'tags')
-        help_texts = {
-            'color': mark_safe(_('RGB color in hexadecimal. Example:') + ' <code>00ff00</code>'),
-        }
 
 
 class CircuitImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):

netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_import.py

@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ class RackRoleImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):
     class Meta:
         model = RackRole
         fields = ('name', 'slug', 'color', 'description', 'tags')
-        help_texts = {
-            'color': mark_safe(_('RGB color in hexadecimal. Example:') + ' <code>00ff00</code>'),
-        }
 
 
 class RackImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):
@@ -384,9 +381,6 @@ class DeviceRoleImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):
     class Meta:
         model = DeviceRole
         fields = ('name', 'slug', 'color', 'vm_role', 'config_template', 'description', 'tags')
-        help_texts = {
-            'color': mark_safe(_('RGB color in hexadecimal. Example:') + ' <code>00ff00</code>'),
-        }
 
 
 class PlatformImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):
@@ -1104,9 +1098,6 @@ class InventoryItemRoleImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):
     class Meta:
         model = InventoryItemRole
         fields = ('name', 'slug', 'color', 'description')
-        help_texts = {
-            'color': mark_safe(_('RGB color in hexadecimal. Example:') + ' <code>00ff00</code>'),
-        }
 
 
 #
@@ -1183,9 +1174,6 @@ class Meta:
             'side_a_device', 'side_a_type', 'side_a_name', 'side_b_device', 'side_b_type', 'side_b_name', 'type',
             'status', 'tenant', 'label', 'color', 'length', 'length_unit', 'description', 'comments', 'tags',
         ]
-        help_texts = {
-            'color': mark_safe(_('RGB color in hexadecimal. Example:') + ' <code>00ff00</code>'),
-        }
 
     def _clean_side(self, side):
         """

netbox/extras/forms/bulk_import.py

@@ -228,9 +228,6 @@ class TagImportForm(CSVModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = Tag
         fields = ('name', 'slug', 'color', 'description')
-        help_texts = {
-            'color': mark_safe(_('RGB color in hexadecimal. Example:') + ' <code>00ff00</code>'),
-        }
 
 
 class JournalEntryImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):

netbox/utilities/fields.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey
 from django.db import models
+from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from utilities.ordering import naturalize
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
     def formfield(self, **kwargs):
         kwargs['widget'] = ColorSelect
+        kwargs['help_text'] = mark_safe(_('RGB color in hexadecimal. Example: ') + '<code>00ff00</code>')
         return super().formfield(**kwargs)