A better filter widget for foreign key relationships that also works on mobile devices. This was initially developed as a drop-in replacement for admin forms. It will work in a normal form but you'll have to include some css/js dependencies. I'll write about how to do that soon.
Django's horizontal and vertical filter widget is ugly, confusing to new users and completely broken on mobile devices. django-better-filter-widget is not magic and does not do real-time lookups like django-selectable. It's simply a nicer UI for filtering a list of things that, most importantly, actual works on mobile devices.
Note: This project is brand spanking new and is still being tested. It was developed using django 1.6. It was tested in modern desktop and mobile browsers.
Install with pip
pip install django-better-filter-widget
settings.py
Add 'better_filter_widget' to INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py
admin.py
Specify BetterFilterWidget as the widget for your field:
from django import forms
from django.contrib import admin
from better_filter_widget import BetterFilterWidget
class MyModelForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta(object):
model = MyModel
widgets = {
'my_field': BetterFilterWidget(),
}
class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
form = MyModelForm
admin.site.register(MyModel, MyModelAdmin)
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