On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Rob Hudson <treborhud...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Have you tried using raw_id_fields with it?
> > http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#raw-id-fields
>
> Just now tested that out.  That works pretty well but the downside is
> that, for the user, the ID means nothing.  It has the lookup button to
> pick a book, but once selected, it's difficult to review that
> everything looks correct before saving.
>
> It does solve the too many records to search through problem, but
> usability is lacking, IMO.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion... I think I'll use it for now and see if
> anyone else responds.
>
> -Rob
>
> >
>
You might try messaging Jannis Leidel on freenode then, I know he's been
working on a ManyToMany ajax lookup field to complement his foreign key one:
http://jannisleidel.com/2008/11/autocomplete-form-widget-foreignkey-model-fields/

Alex

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