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Antoni4040
Antoni4040

Reputation: 2319

Django: how can I a create categories field/dropdown menu?

This is a very simple question, how can I create dropdown field in Django with only specific categories(something similar to the countries dropdown, but not with countries).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2195

Answers (2)

NEOatNHNG
NEOatNHNG

Reputation: 934

With the choice attribute of a Field if it is for fixed values. Or with a ForeignKey field if the Categories should be created dynamicly.

For the ForeignKey field you would do the following:

from django.db import models

class Category(models.Model):
    name = models.Charfield(max_length=255)
    # ...

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

class Item(models.Model):
    category = models.ForeignKey(Category)
    # ...

Upvotes: 2

zom-pro
zom-pro

Reputation: 1649

Django's most powerful feature is to offer you direct forms. It's a broad question but you want to define a model that can be paired with a form that you can put in a template. Take a look here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/forms/ and here: Django options field with categories and here Creating a dynamic choice field

Upvotes: 1

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