.. _utility_functions:

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Utility functions
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Utility functions provide functionality that is regularly used within the django CMS core and are also available to
third party packages.

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Model admin
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.. module:: cms.admin.utils

Action buttons
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.. autoclass:: ChangeListActionsMixin
    :members:
    :show-inheritance:

Grouper admin
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.. autoclass:: GrouperModelAdmin
    :members:
    :show-inheritance:


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Placeholders
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.. module:: cms.utils.placeholder

.. autofunction:: get_placeholder_from_slot

.. autofunction:: get_declared_placeholders_for_obj


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Plugins
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.. module:: cms.utils.plugins

.. autofunction:: get_plugins

.. autofunction:: assign_plugins

.. autofunction:: has_reached_plugin_limit

.. autofunction:: get_plugin_class

.. autofunction:: get_plugin_model

.. autofunction:: get_plugins_as_layered_tree

.. autofunction:: copy_plugins_to_placeholder

.. autofunction:: downcast_plugins

.. autofunction:: get_bound_plugins