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    Add front-end support for inline forms and the change form in the admin UI.

    Review Request #10826 — Created Jan. 15, 2020 and submitted — Latest diff uploaded

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    release-4.0.x

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    The administration UI's Change Form, which is responsible for adding or
    modifying objects in the database, is complex and has a lot of custom
    JavaScript that can be fragile when we update our version of Django and
    can interact poorly with our own logic and styling.

    This change introduces the beginning of a view for managing the Change
    Form, which currently just sets up the biggest part of this change, the
    new Inline Forms classes.

    Inline Forms are a Django admin UI concept that makes it easy to add or
    modify related objects all in the same Change Form page.

    This change provides custom code for managing these forms, allowing us
    to control any initialization of form elements, maintain styles that
    won't conflict with other parts of the page (unlike current inline
    support), and check for regressions through unit tests.

    This is a big chunk of the client-side work for this page, which is why
    we're starting here. Upcoming changes will improve upon the styling and
    component structure of the page.

    JavaScript unit tests pass.

    Tested the inline forms on several different models, verifying that
    adding and removing work as expected and that state on the forms are
    correct.

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