Try something like this:
'customer': autocomplete_light.ChoiceWidget('CustomerAutocomplete')
http://django-autocomplete-light.readthedocs.org/en/latest/tutorial.html#override-a-default-relation-select-in-modelform-meta-widgets
On Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:22:00 PM UTC+1, Derek wrote:
>
> I am trying to make use of the autocomplete-light app for Django (
> https://github.com/yourlabs/django-autocomplete-light/). When I use it
> in the admin with the format:
> form = autocomplete_light.modelform_factory(Foo)
> then it works just fine. However, when I want to use it in an existing
> admin form, then it simply does not work (i.e. no error is reported, the
> look-up list remains the normal one).
>
> The following example shows the type of approach I have taken. All the
> files are within the app directory.
>
> I'm sure I am missing something simple; and any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Derek
>
> CODE SAMPLE; the Meeting object has a look-up to Customer, which is a
> Person object
>
> #... in autocomplete_light_registry.py
>
> import autocomplete_light
> from models import Person
>
> class CustomerAutocomplete(autocomplete_light.AutocompleteModelBase):
> search_fields=('name', 'nickname', )
> autocomplete_js_attributes={'placeholder': 'name/nickname...'}
>
> autocomplete_light.register(Person, CustomerAutocomplete)
>
> #... in admin.py
>
> import autocomplete_light
> import autocomplete_light_registry
> from models import Meeting
>
> class MeetingAdminForm(forms.ModelForm):
>
> class Meta:
> model = Meeting
> widget = {
> 'customer': autocomplete_light.ChoiceWidget(
> autocomplete_light_registry.CustomerAutocomplete)
> }
>
> def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
> # other code here...
>
> #other methods here...
>
> class MeetingAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
> form = MeetingAdminForm
> # other code here...
>
>
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