Replace all instantiations of Panel with TemplatePanel

netbox/dcim/views.py

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ from netbox.ui.panels import (
     NestedGroupObjectPanel,
     ObjectsTablePanel,
     OrganizationalObjectPanel,
-    Panel,
     RelatedObjectsPanel,
     TemplatePanel,
 )
@@ -1764,7 +1763,7 @@ class ModuleTypeView(GetRelatedModelsMixin, generic.ObjectView):
             CommentsPanel(),
         ],
         right_panels=[
-            Panel(
+            TemplatePanel(
                 title=_('Attributes'),
                 template_name='dcim/panels/module_type_attributes.html',
             ),
@@ -2934,7 +2933,7 @@ class ModuleView(GetRelatedModelsMixin, generic.ObjectView):
             CommentsPanel(),
         ],
         right_panels=[
-            Panel(
+            TemplatePanel(
                 title=_('Module Type'),
                 template_name='dcim/panels/module_type.html',
             ),
@@ -3740,7 +3739,7 @@ class ModuleBayView(generic.ObjectView):
         ],
         right_panels=[
             CustomFieldsPanel(),
-            Panel(
+            TemplatePanel(
                 title=_('Installed Module'),
                 template_name='dcim/panels/installed_module.html',
             ),
@@ -3815,7 +3814,7 @@ class DeviceBayView(generic.ObjectView):
             TagsPanel(),
         ],
         right_panels=[
-            Panel(
+            TemplatePanel(
                 title=_('Installed Device'),
                 template_name='dcim/panels/installed_device.html',
             ),
@@ -4310,11 +4309,11 @@ class CableView(generic.ObjectView):
             CommentsPanel(),
         ],
         right_panels=[
-            Panel(
+            TemplatePanel(
                 title=_('Termination A'),
                 template_name='dcim/panels/cable_termination_a.html',
             ),
-            Panel(
+            TemplatePanel(
                 title=_('Termination B'),
                 template_name='dcim/panels/cable_termination_b.html',
             ),

netbox/netbox/ui/panels.py

@@ -45,18 +45,15 @@ class Panel:
     Parameters:
         title (str): The human-friendly title of the panel
         actions (list): An iterable of PanelActions to include in the panel header
-        template_name (str): Overrides the default template name, if defined
     """
     template_name = None
     title = None
     actions = None
 
-    def __init__(self, title=None, actions=None, template_name=None):
+    def __init__(self, title=None, actions=None):
         if title is not None:
             self.title = title
         self.actions = actions or self.actions or []
-        if template_name is not None:
-            self.template_name = template_name
 
     def get_context(self, context):
         """
@@ -324,12 +321,17 @@ class TemplatePanel(Panel):
     Parameters:
         template_name (str): The name of the template to render
     """
-    def __init__(self, template_name):
-        super().__init__(template_name=template_name)
+    def __init__(self, template_name, **kwargs):
+        self.template_name = template_name
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
     def render(self, context):
-        # Pass the entire context to the template
-        return render_to_string(self.template_name, context.flatten())
+        # Pass the entire context to the template, but let the panel's own context take precedence
+        # for panel-specific variables (title, actions, panel_class)
+        return render_to_string(self.template_name, {
+            **context.flatten(),
+            **self.get_context(context),
+        })
 
 
 class TextCodePanel(ObjectPanel):