Django-search-admin-autocomplete

Simple django app that add autocomplete to search inside admin panel.

Requirements

• Python: 3.5+
• Django: >=1.11

Installation

pip install django-search-admin-autocomplete
# OR
pip install git+https://github.com/linevych/django-search-admin-autocomplete.git

INSTALLED_APPS = [
...
'search_admin_autocomplete',
...
]

Usage

from search_admin_autocomplete.admin import SearchAutoCompleteAdmin

class MyModelAdmin(SearchAutoCompleteAdmin)
    search_fields = ['search_field', ]

admin.site.register(MyModel, MyModelAdmin)

Customization

If admin/change_list.html is customized

admin.py

from search_admin_autocomplete.admin import SearchAutoCompleteAdmin

class MyModelAdmin(SearchAutoCompleteAdmin)

    change_list_template = 'admin/custom-list.html'

    search_fields = ['search_field', ]

admin.site.register(MyModel, MyModelAdmin)

admin/custom-list.html

{% extends 'search_admin_autocomplete/change_list.html' %}

{% block object-tools %}
Your custom html...
{{ block.super }}
{% endblock %}

MyPy

This project supports MyPy but to run type checks you need Python 3.6+.

pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:$PWD/example" mypy search_admin_autocomplete