As the accepted answers already says, use context processors. Here's how to make them work with the current Django version:
First, create a function which accepts a request and returns a dictionary with your global template variables:
def load_nav_obj(request):
nav_obj = NavigationObject.objects.all()
return {'nav_obj': nav_obj}
A good place for this function would be in a file context_processors.py
in your main app.
Now, tell your app to use this context processor for all rendered templates. In your settings.py
, add myapp.context_processors.load_nav_obj
in the TEMPLATE
settings:
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'DIRS': [],
'APP_DIRS': True,
'OPTIONS': {
'context_processors': [
# Insert your context processors here
'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
'django.template.context_processors.debug',
'django.template.context_processors.i18n',
'django.template.context_processors.media',
'django.template.context_processors.static',
'django.template.context_processors.tz',
...
'myapp.context_processors.load_nav_obj',
],
},
},
]
That's it! You can now use the variable {{nav_obj}}
in all templates!