django-chosen

django-chosen is a project that makes available django FormFields that uses the Chosen javascript plugin. It was created by developers at The Atlantic.

Installation

The recommended way to install from source is with pip:

$ pip install -e git+git://github.com/theatlantic/django-chosen.git#egg=django-chosen

If the source is already checked out, use setuptools:

$ python setup.py install

Usage

django-chosen makes available the following fields and widget:

Fields:

- ``ChosenChoiceField``
- ``ChosenModelChoiceField``
- ``ChosenMultipleChoiceField``
- ``ChosenModelMultipleChoiceField``

Widgets:

- ``ChosenSelect``
- ``ChosenSelectMultiple``

The django-chosen fields can be passed an optional kwarg overlay that overrides the text which appears when no option is selected in the dropdown.

Example

from django import forms
from chosen import forms as chosenforms

class BookForm(forms.Form):
    name = forms.CharField(max_length=100)
    quality = chosenforms.ChosenChoiceField(overlay="Select book quality...",
        choices=(('New', 'new'), ('Used', 'used')))
    authors = chosenforms.ChosenModelMultipleChoiceField(queryset=Author.objects.all())

License

The django code is licensed under the Simplified BSD License and is copyright The Atlantic Media Company. View the LICENSE file under the root directory for complete license and copyright information.

The Chosen javascript library included is licensed under the MIT License. View chosen/media/js/chosen.LICENSE.md for complete license and copyright information about the Chosen javascript library.

Chosen javascript documentation

Chosen is a library for making long, unwieldy select boxes more user friendly.

• jQuery support: 1.4+
• Prototype support: 1.7+

For documentation, usage, and examples, see: http://harvesthq.github.com/chosen

Chosen Credits

• Built by Harvest
• Concept and development by Patrick Filler
• Design and CSS by Matthew Lettini