How to add a link to django-autocomplete-light selected items?

Question

New bie here. I successfully installed django-autocomplete-light to my django-admin v1.4.

Is there a way to add a hyperlink after selecting an autocomplete-light widget which is a foreignkey field in models? I can only see an x icon to cancel the selected item.

The purpose of creating a link is to open a pop window to edit the records selected.

Thanks in advance for any advice

Answer 1

You have to add this '?_popup=1" target="_blank" onclick="return showAddAnotherPopup(this);' to your url.

Here is a complete solution.

`class EditModelBase(autocomplete_light.AutocompleteModelBase):

choice_html_format = u'''
    <span class="div" data-value="%s">%s</span>
    <a href="%s" title="%s"><img src="%s%s" /></a>
'''

def choice_html(self, choice):
    """
    Return a choice formated according to self.choice_html_format.
    """
    choice_format = u'''<span class="div" data-value="%s">%s</span>'''
    if not choice.get_absolute_update_url():
        return choice_format
    return self.choice_html_format % (
        self.choice_value(choice), self.choice_label(choice),
        choice.get_absolute_update_url(), _(u'Update'),
        settings.STATIC_URL, 'admin/img/icon_changelink.gif')`

And:

def get_absolute_update_url(self):
    url = reverse('admin:ccad_carrier_change', args=(self.id,))
    url = '%s?_popup=1" target="_blank" onclick="return showAddAnotherPopup(this);' % url
    return url

I hope it works.