Introduce DEFAULT_USER_PREFERENCES dynamic config setting

netbox/users/forms.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django import forms
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm, PasswordChangeForm as DjangoPasswordChangeForm
+from django.utils.html import mark_safe
 
 from utilities.forms import BootstrapMixin, DateTimePicker, StaticSelect
 from utilities.utils import flatten_dict
@@ -22,10 +23,12 @@ class UserConfigFormMetaclass(forms.models.ModelFormMetaclass):
         # Emulate a declared field for each supported user preference
         preference_fields = {}
         for field_name, preference in PREFERENCES.items():
+            description = f'{preference.description}<br />' if preference.description else ''
+            help_text = f'{description}<code>{field_name}</code>'
             field_kwargs = {
                 'label': preference.label,
                 'choices': preference.choices,
-                'help_text': preference.description,
+                'help_text': mark_safe(help_text),
                 'coerce': preference.coerce,
                 'required': False,
                 'widget': StaticSelect,

netbox/users/models.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.utils import timezone
 
+from netbox.config import get_config
 from netbox.models import BigIDModel
 from utilities.querysets import RestrictedQuerySet
 from utilities.utils import flatten_dict
@@ -166,7 +167,8 @@ def create_userconfig(instance, created, **kwargs):
     Automatically create a new UserConfig when a new User is created.
     """
     if created:
-        UserConfig(user=instance).save()
+        config = get_config()
+        UserConfig(user=instance, data=config.DEFAULT_USER_PREFERENCES).save()
 
 
 #

netbox/users/preferences.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ PREFERENCES = {
     'pagination.per_page': UserPreference(
         label='Page length',
         choices=get_page_lengths(),
+        description='The number of objects to display per page',
         coerce=lambda x: int(x)
     ),