About Multiple Choice Fields with Django Admin Widget
Use FilteredSelectMultiple widget with the forms.MultipleChoiceField in the form to get the same kind of widget you get with filter_horizontal attribute for many-to-many fields. For example:
# configuration/admin.py
from django import forms
from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.admin.widgets import FilteredSelectMultiple
from .models import Configuration
class ConfigurationForm(forms.ModelForm):
settings = forms.MultipleChoiceField(
label="Settings",
choices=Configuration.SETTING_CHOICES,
required=False,
widget=FilteredSelectMultiple(
verbose_name="Settings",
is_stacked=False,
),
)
class Meta:
model = Configuration
fields = "__all__"
@admin.register(Configuration)
class ConfigurationAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
form = ConfigurationForm
list_display = ["__str__"]
fields = ["settings"]
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