Replace Admin Site Foreign Key Field/Dropdown with Textbox?

[sixpackistan]

For foreign key fields in the Django Admin, the default display
element is a drop down list box containing all of the foreign key
items from the related model. I have an asset tracking instance where
this drop down box can contain hundreds of thousands of items and I am
looking to not have the admin load them all. Is there a way to
override the admin interface and have it use a text box instead of the
populated drop down?

[Martin Melin]

Yup, documented right here:
http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.raw_id_fields

Cheers,
Martin

[vikalp sahni]

You can also hide that field which inturn will not load it on page by using

"fields" attribute in admin class for that particular model and specify all the fields

required to be shown on change list page. Just omit the Foreign Key field in the "fields"

list in case u don't need it in admin.

Carpe Diem,

//Vikalp

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