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How do you set a default value for django-filter select field instead of a blank field?

I'm using the django-filterapp to filter items on my front end and i can't seem to understand how to populate the first value on my dropdown select field with a default value instead of the blank -------- space on the field, its really bad for user experience since im not using labels and therefore users wont be able to identify a field without a placeholder of some sort. Here is what i'm getting.

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Solution

  • By creating a class for the filter and inherit from filter set and use the empty_label propriety like below example:

    filter class:

    class StudentFilter(django_filters.FilterSet):

    student__nationality = ModelChoiceFilter(queryset=Nationality.objects.all(), empty_label=('Nationality'))

    class Meta:
        model = Student
        fields = {
            'student__nationality': ['exact'],
        }

    In view only use this command:

    model = Student
filterset_class = StudentFilter

    for more information, check (https://django-filter.readthedocs.io/en/master/ref/filterset.html)