You can easily generate cities list to the javascript dynamically writing the template for separate js file.
On Nov 20, 9:22 am, Julien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Kamil, > > Thanks a lot for your suggestion! > > I have a few remarks though. The list of cities is dynamic, in the > sense that you may add, remove cities from the database at any time > using the admin interface. > So how can we fetch dynamically the list of available cities to > display them in the select widget? > > Also, isn't there a "recommended" way of doing? Hijacking with > javascript seems more like a trick. I may be wrong. > > Thanks! ;) > > On Nov 20, 8:13 pm, kamil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Julien > > > The simple way is hijack city select box with javascript. > > You add > > js=['http://herecomespath to your script'] > > to admin options in your model > > js can look like this: > > > var countries = {'england': ['London','Manchester'], 'france': > > ['Paris'] } > > > document.forms['your_form'].id_country.onchange = function() > > { listCities(this.value) }; > > > function listCities ( country ) { > > document.forms['your_form'].id_city.options.length = 0 > > var l = countries[ country ].length; > > for (var i = 0; l > i; i++) { > > document.forms['your_form'].id_city.options[i] = new > > Option( countries[ country ][i], countries[ country ][i]); > > } > > > } > > > I hope it helps :) > > > On Nov 19, 11:54 pm, Julien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sorry, my "drawing" came out a bit funny in my previous post. Here's > > > what I'd like the custom widget to look like: > > > > England > > > [ ] London [ ] Manchester > > > France > > > [ ] Paris > > > Russia > > > [ ] Moscow > > > USA > > > [ ] Los Angeles [ ] New York > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > On Nov 20, 10:51 am, Julien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > I'm a Django newbie, and I've been struggling on this for days. I've > > > > also found posts on this group about similar subjects but none that > > > > could directly help me... > > > > > Here are the models I've got: > > > > > class Country(models.Model): > > > > name = models.CharField(max_length=50) > > > > def __unicode__(self): > > > > return self.name > > > > class Admin: > > > > pass > > > > > class City(models.Model): > > > > name = models.CharField(max_length=50) > > > > country = models.ForeignKey(Country) > > > > def __unicode__(self): > > > > return self.name > > > > class Admin: > > > > pass > > > > > class Person(models.Model): > > > > firstName = models.CharField(max_length=30) > > > > lastName = models.CharField(max_length=30) > > > > citiesLived = models.ManyToManyField(City, null=True, blank=True) > > > > def __unicode__(self): > > > > return self.firstName + " " + self.lastName > > > > class Admin: > > > > pass > > > > > In the admin interface, when adding cities to a person's profile, you > > > > get the usual ManyToMany select box. > > > > > So you may have: > > > > New York > > > > Manchester > > > > Paris > > > > London > > > > Moscow > > > > Los Angeles > > > > > What I'd like to get instead is a custom widget, that is a list of > > > > checkboxes sorted by country, and in Alphabetic order. E.g.: > > > > ________________________________________ > > > > | > > > > England > > > > | > > > > | [ ] London [ ] > > > > Manchester | > > > > | > > > > France > > > > | > > > > | [ ] > > > > Paris > > > > | > > > > | > > > > Russia > > > > | > > > > | [ ] > > > > Moscow > > > > | > > > > | > > > > USA > > > > | > > > > | [ ] Los Angeles [ ] New York > > > > | > > > > |_______________________________________| > > > > > Could you give me some advice on how to implement that? > > > > > Many thanks!! > > > > > Julien --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
