I'm trying to add a dynamic drop-down list in my Django account registration form.
forms.py:
class CompanySignupForm(account.forms.SignupForm):
first_name = forms.CharField(
label="First Name",
max_length=30,
widget=forms.TextInput(),
required=True)
last_name = forms.CharField(
label="Last Name",
max_length=30,
widget=forms.TextInput(),
required=True)
company = forms.CharField(
label="Company Name",
max_length=60,
widget=forms.TextInput(),
required=True)
models.py:
class EmployerProfile(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
company = models.CharField(max_length=40)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.company
The question is, if I want the field "company" to be a drop-down list consisting of about 10,000 entries, what's the best way to approach this? Should I be using JS and JSON data? jQuery for autocomplete? I just want to do it in the most effective way possible.
Are you sure you want a dropdown with 10,000 entries? Is so, in forms.py
:
class CompanySignupForm(forms.ModelForm):
company = forms.ChoiceField(choices=["10,000", "entries", "here"])
https://docs.djangoproject.com/es/1.9/ref/forms/fields/#choicefield
But I would opt for an autocomplete field, using http://django-autocomplete-light.readthedocs.org/en/master/