Helpers

class ajaxviews.helpers.DateWidget(attrs=None, format=None)

Bases: django.forms.widgets.DateInput

Django date widget which renders a bootstrap input group addon with a calendar glyphicon around the input field.

ajaxviews.helpers.construct_autocomplete_searchform(autocomplete_classname)

Construct a crispy form to display a search input field for list views using django autocomplete.

Parameters:autocomplete_classname (str) – Name of the autocompletion registered with autocomplete_light Returns:Crispy form instance

ajaxviews.helpers.get_objects_for_model(user, model, perm_prefix='access_')

Shortcut to return objects of a model for an authenticated user with permissions. This uses guardians get_objects_for_user function.

>>> get_objects_for_model(request.user, ModelClass)
<queryset>

This expects the django model module to be at the root of it’s app directory.

Parameters:

• user – Authenticated user
• model – Django model instance
• perm_prefix – Default: access_

Returns:

None if no permission else QuerySet

ajaxviews.helpers.init_chosen_widget(field_items, disable_help_text=True)

Add .chosen-widget html class attribute to all fields of type Select or SelectMultiple.

Parameters:

• field_items – Django field items
• disable_help_text (bool) – Disable the fields help text. Default: True

ajaxviews.helpers.init_dateinput(field_items)

Assing the DateWidget to all django fields which derive from DateTimeBaseInput and add .dateinput to the widget’s html class attribute.

Parameters:field_items (dict) – Django field items