PluginTable: `title_long` column drops plugin icon

[pheus]

Deployment Type

Self-hosted

NetBox Version

v4.4.0

Python Version

3.10

Steps to Reproduce

The title_long column drops plugin icon because render_title_long() overrides TemplateColumn.

1. Install and enable any plugin that sets a non‑empty icon in its PluginConfig.
2. Open the list view for plugins and observe the title_long column.

Expected Behavior

The title_long column should render via PLUGIN_NAME_TEMPLATE, including the plugin’s icon.

Observed Behavior

Although title_long is declared as a TemplateColumn referencing PLUGIN_NAME_TEMPLATE, it is overridden by render_title_long(), which omits the icon. As a result, the plugin icon is not displayed next to the name.

[pheus]

While looking into #19744, I noticed a small, related issue: the title_long column is declared as a TemplateColumn using PLUGIN_NAME_TEMPLATE, but it’s overridden by render_title_long(), which omits the plugin icon. This drops the icon in list views.

Proposed fix

Two equivalent ways to deduplicate and restore the icon:

Option A: keep the template path

• Remove render_title_long().
• Keep title_long = tables.TemplateColumn(PLUGIN_NAME_TEMPLATE, ...).
• Move PLUGIN_NAME_TEMPLATE into template_code.py for consistency with other shared template snippets.

Option B: keep the render method

• Change title_long to a plain tables.Column(...) (not TemplateColumn).
• Update render_title_long() to prepend the plugin icon markup (mirroring what PLUGIN_NAME_TEMPLATE renders), and drop the template constant.

Either approach restores the icon and avoids duplication. I’m happy to follow up with a PR in whichever direction is preferred.

[pheus]

Small addendum: I’ve noticed that the order_by for the title_long column references an unknown field name. It should point to title_long instead. If that sounds good, I’ll include this fix in the same change set.

[bctiemann]

Thanks @pheus ! I think I lean toward option A; seems more consistent and easier to debug.