jazzband/django-smart-selects

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A Django app providing custom foreign key and many-to-many model fields that create chained (dependent) select dropdowns in forms and the admin. Chained options are loaded dynamically via AJAX queries filtered by the parent field's value.

Use cases

• filter country/state/city dropdowns in django forms
• chained foreign key selects in django admin
• load dependent dropdown options via ajax in django
• group model choices by parent field in django
• cascade select fields in django admin site

When to choose

• you need dependent/chained select fields in Django forms or admin with minimal setup
• you want automatic AJAX filtering of related model options
• your data is non-sensitive and the default world-readable AJAX endpoint is acceptable

When to avoid

• you need permission checks on the chained data endpoint - this package enforces none by default
• you need advanced autocomplete features like search-as-you-type; django-autocomplete-light is better suited
• you are not using Django

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form-handling ui-components middleware web-development backend frontend python django chained-selects foreign-key ajax admin forms web-server

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