Enhance bulk delete functionality to support multiple checkbox naming conventions and improve debug information display when no items are deleted.

generic/views.py

@@ -161,19 +161,34 @@ def bulk_delete_questions(request):
         return HttpResponse(status=405)
 
     app = request.POST.get("app")
-    selected_list = request.POST.getlist("selected")
+
+    # Accept different submission patterns: checkboxes may be sent as 'selection' or 'selected'
+    selected_list = []
+    # common variants
+    for key in ("selected", "selection", "selected[]", "selection[]"):
+        vals = request.POST.getlist(key)
+        if vals:
+            # extend list; we'll parse ints below
+            selected_list.extend(vals)
+
+    # Also accept a raw CSV string under 'selected'
     selected_raw = request.POST.get("selected")
 
     ids = set()
     if selected_list:
         for s in selected_list:
+            # some checkbox libraries may give empty strings or 'on' for checked boxes
             try:
                 ids.add(int(s))
             except Exception:
+                # ignore non-int vals
                 continue
     elif selected_raw:
         for part in selected_raw.split(','):
             try:
+                part = part.strip()
+                if not part:
+                    continue
                 ids.add(int(part))
             except Exception:
                 continue
@@ -196,6 +211,8 @@ def bulk_delete_questions(request):
 
     deleted = 0
     errors = []
+    # For debugging: capture what was received
+    received_post = {k: request.POST.getlist(k) for k in request.POST.keys()}
     try:
         qs = Model.objects.filter(pk__in=list(ids))
         deleted = qs.count()
@@ -204,8 +221,13 @@ def bulk_delete_questions(request):
         logger.exception("bulk_delete failed for app=%s ids=%s", app, ids)
         return JsonResponse({"ok": False, "error": str(e)}, status=500)
 
-    # Render a small fragment
-    return render(request, "generic/partials/bulk_delete_result.html", {"deleted": deleted, "errors": errors})
+    # Render a small fragment. Include debug info when nothing was deleted to aid diagnosis.
+    context = {"deleted": deleted, "errors": errors}
+    if deleted == 0:
+        context["debug_post"] = received_post
+        context["debug_ids"] = sorted(list(ids))
+        context["debug_app"] = app
+    return render(request, "generic/partials/bulk_delete_result.html", context)
 
 
 class RedirectMixin: