import autocomplete_light.shortcuts as al from .models import Bird # This will generate a PersonAutocomplete class al.register(Bird, # Just like in ModelAdmin.search_fields search_fields=['common_name','scientific_name'], attrs={ # This will set the input placeholder attribute: 'placeholder': 'Tags...', # This will set the yourlabs.Autocomplete.minimumCharacters # options, the naming conversion is handled by jQuery 'data-autocomplete-minimum-characters': 1, }, # This will set the data-widget-maximum-values attribute on the # widget container element, and will be set to # yourlabs.Widget.maximumValues (jQuery handles the naming # conversion). widget_attrs={ 'data-widget-maximum-values': 4, # Enable modern-style widget ! 'class': 'modern-style', }, )