django_admin_autocomplete_filter_sidebar_widget_quickstart.py

1from django.contrib import admin
2from admin_autocomplete_filter.views import AutocompleteJsonView
3from admin_autocomplete_filter.admin import AutocompleteFilter
4
5class ArtistFilter(AutocompleteFilter):
6    title = 'Artist' # display title
7    field_name = 'artist' # name of the foreign key field
8
9class AlbumAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
10    list_filter = [ArtistFilter]
11
12    class Media:
13        pass
14
15# In your models.py
16# class Artist(models.Model):
17#     name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
18#     def __str__(self):
19#         return self.name
20
21# class Album(models.Model):
22#     artist = models.ForeignKey(Artist, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
23#     title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
24
25# Ensure the related model (Artist) has search_fields defined in its Admin
26class ArtistAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
27    search_fields = ['name']
28
29admin.site.register(Artist, ArtistAdmin)
30admin.site.register(Album, AlbumAdmin)