Question

I have the following in models.py:

class Choices(models.Model):
    description = models.CharField(max_length=300)

    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.description

class UserProfile(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True)
    fullname = models.CharField(_('Full Name'), max_length=50)
    birthdate = models.DateTimeField(_('Birthday'))
    url = models.URLField(_('Website'), blank=True)
    company = models.CharField(_('Company'), max_length=50)
    CATEGORY_CHOICES = (
            ('M',_('Male')),
            ('F',_('Female')),
            )
    gender = models.CharField(_('Gender'), max_length=200, choices = CATEGORY_CHOICES)
    picture = models.ImageField(_('Picture/Avatar'), upload_to='profile_photo', blank=True)
    bio = models.TextField()
    planguages = models.ManyToManyField(Choices)

Now, I want to be able to edit both user profile in admin, as well as option to populate choices users can pick from when creating profile. Being a django newb I am, I managed to make options for editing users profiles only, but didn’t manage to populate Choices. Anyhow, I can do it, but I don’t know how to have both.

EDITED:
Here’s my current admin.py

class ChoicesAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ['description']

class ProfilesAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ['user']

admin.site.register(UserProfile, ProfilesAdmin)

Answer 1

What you are looking for is filter_horizontal

class ChoicesAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ['description']

class ProfilesAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    list_display = ['user']
    filter_horizontal = ['planguages']

admin.site.register(UserProfile, ProfilesAdmin)
admin.site.register(Choices, ChoicesAdmin)

This will allow you to add languages to a user.

Also, you must have the ChoicesAdmin class registered in order to see the green + link to add choices.