Dear all,

I'm very unexperienced with Django but at the same time I'm trying hard to 
learn as much as possible.

In my website I have a form with two dropdown menus, and I'd like to make 
the second (items) dependent by the first (categories).

As an example, in the first dropdown the possible choices are FRUITS and 
VEGETABLES.
When the user selects FRUITS, I'd like the second dropdown to show only 
ORANGE, APPLE, PEAR, etc.
Else, when the user selects VEGETABLES, I'd like the second dropdown to 
show only LETTUCE, CABBAGE, CARROT, etc

My current code follows (I kept it simple): the form shows two independent 
dropdown menus.

Unfortunately I've not been able to adjust it as requested by 
django-smart-selects, e.g. by correctly modifying the Item model and the 
forms.py file.

Could anyone help me, please?

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The choices are stored in a MySQL database in two tables:


*Types*ID Name
1  FRUIT
2  VEGETABLE

*Items*
ID  Type_ID Name
1   1       Orange
2   1       Apple
3   1       Pear
4   2       Lettuce
5   2       Cabbage
6   2       Carrot

Each item is therefore associated to a unique type (fruit or vegetable).

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My *models.py* consists of:

from django.db import models
from smart_selects.db_fields import ChainedForeignKey 

class Type(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=20)

class Item(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
    type = models.ForeignKey(Type, on_delete=models.CASCADE)


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My *forms.py* is:

from django import forms
from .models import Type, Item

class SelectForm(forms.Form):
    q = Type.objects.all()
    qf = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset = q, empty_label = None)
    s = Item.objects.all()
    sf = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset = s, empty_label = None)


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My *views.py* is:

from django.shortcuts import render
from .forms import SelectForm

def index(request):

    form = SelectForm()
    context = {'f': form}
    return render(request, 'selects/test.html', context)


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Finally, my template is:

<html>
<head>
    <title>Select data</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form action="/show_results/" method="get">
        {{f.as_p}}
        <input type="submit" value="Submit">
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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