Thank you all for your help. I did this and it worked. Much easier to work with because there are so many items.
class IngredientInline(admin.TabularInline): model = IngredientInfo raw_id_fields = ("ingredient_name",) extra = 3 On Jan 14, 1:33 pm, Matias Aguirre <matiasagui...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, it's possible, define them in in your inline class. > > Excerpts from mongoose's message of Fri Jan 14 08:53:18 -0200 2011: > > > Ok so I've tried it but can't get it to work properly. I am using > > inlines. Is it possible to use raw_id_fields with inlines? > > > On Jan 4, 9:25 am, mongoose <darrenma1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks so much I'm going to give this a try! > > > > On Jan 3, 1:54 pm, Greg Turner <g...@interaction.net.au> wrote: > > > > > Using a raw_id_field instead of a dropdown list will open a popup with a > > > > 'pseudo' django admin. The reason I call it 'pseudo' is that the list > > > > can be > > > > searched or filtered just like the normal django admin, but when you > > > > click > > > > on an item, it becomes the selected item in your inline, and the window > > > > closes. > > > > > On 3 January 2011 18:55, mongoose <darrenma1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I have a drowdown list in my inlines. The problem is that there are > > > > > over 3500 items which is making is difficult for people to use. Are > > > > > there eaiser ways perhaps to filter or search within the dropdownlist? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups > > > > > "Django users" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > > > Dr Greg Turner > > > > Director, the Interaction Consortiumhttp://interaction.net.au > > > > Phone: +61 2 8060 1067 > > > > skype: gregturner > > > > Follow us on twitter: > > > > >http://twitter.com/theixchttp://twitter.com/gsta > > -- > Matías Aguirre <matiasagui...@gmail.com> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.