Django. Field for selecting values (ManyToMany) as in the admin panel

Question

How to achieve the display of the field for the form (when it is filled) as in the admin panel (screenshot)?

I tried using forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple widget but it doesn't quite fit. It provides the entire list from the request as a whole, this is not very convenient, since my list will be very large. We need a slider and search fields, as it is actually implemented in the admin panel.

Does this answer your question? [Need guidance with FilteredSelectMultiple widget](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57820652/need-guidance-with-filteredselectmultiple-widget) — jackotonye, Apr 16 '23 at 20:11

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 14 '23 at 16:45

To achieve the same display for a field in a form as in the admin panel, you can use Django's FilteredSelectMultiple widget.

This widget includes a search field and a slider to make selecting multiple items from a large list easier.

You can import this widget from django.contrib.admin.widgets and use it in your form field like this:

from django.contrib.admin.widgets import FilteredSelectMultiple
from django.forms import ModelMultipleChoiceField, ModelForm
    
    
class MyForm(ModelForm):
    my_field = ModelMultipleChoiceField(
        queryset=MyModel.objects.all(),
        widget=FilteredSelectMultiple("verbose name", is_stacked=False)
    )

Make sure to replace MyModel with the name of your model and adjust the widget's verbose name and is_stacked parameter to your needs.

Thanks for the widget, but it's not enough, found the solution in this thread [Guidance with FilteredSelectMultiple widget](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57820652/need-guidance-with-filteredselectmultiple-widget) — Snorki, Apr 14 '23 at 17:59

Django. Field for selecting values ​(ManyToMany) as in the admin panel

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Django. Field for selecting values (ManyToMany) as in the admin panel