Filtering a the value of fields in a model form in django

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I am using the ModelForm in django to create my form in django. So I have a appointment model which references the Location model. Because I am using ModelForm, the select box for the Location field is automatically populated by django itself. What I want is to control the type of location that is populated in the form creating using the ModelForm based upon attributes like say status.

I don't want to manually override the location field itself in the ModelForm. I want the elements to be handled by django itself. I just want to hook in a filter. Any suggestions?

Have a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/291945/how-do-i-filter-foreignkey-choices-in-a-django-modelform — Reto Aebersold, Aug 12 '11 at 08:16
Can you provide an example? If your criteria is not dynamic you could use: limit_choices_to={'type': 'a'} in your model — programmersbook, Aug 12 '11 at 09:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 12 '11 at 19:08

If you instance is existing, and not in an inline form, you can do the following in your model form:

def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
    super (AppointmentForm,self ).__init__(*args,**kwargs) # populates the post
    #filter appointments based on status
    if self.instance.pk:
        # the location filter below is a guess. i don't know your models.
        locations = Location.objects.filter(status_id=self.instance.status_id)
        self.fields['location'].queryset = locations

Another approach is using Callbacks which gets trickier...

Filtering a the value of fields in a model form in django

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