On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Garth <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have noticed that admin forms where it is possible to select from a > list for a related entity (specified by a foreign key) take a long > time to load if the related entity has more than a few hundred rows. > Is this a problem that others have encountered? Are there alternate > select widgets or other approaches that you have taken to solve this > problem? I was thinking of creating a widget that could make an ajax > request and fill in the select (maybe using dojo's select) as the user > types. Any ideas?
Does Django have a solution for the "lots of related objects takes a while to load" problem? Yes - look for the raw_id_fields option in ModelAdmin. Is it possible to replace the Django default widget with a different widget? Yes. Are there existing widgets/instructions on how to do this? Yes. Here's one: http://jannisleidel.com/2008/11/autocomplete-form-widget-foreignkey-model-fields/ Is there one for Dojo? Yes - there's one in Django's wiki: http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/AJAXWidgetComboBox There are sure to be lots of others around the place. Google is your friend in this case. Yours, Russ Magee %-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
