Django: list_filter and foreign key fields

Question

Django doesn\'t support getting foreign key values from list_display or list_filter (e.g foo__bar). I know you can create a module method as a workaround for list_display, but h

Answer 1

solution from this page worked for me http://www.hoboes.com/Mimsy/hacks/fixing-django-124s-suspiciousoperation-filtering/

define

class SmarterModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    valid_lookups = ()
    def lookup_allowed(self, lookup, *args, **kwargs):
        if lookup.startswith(self.valid_lookups):
            return True
         return super(SmarterModelAdmin, self).lookup_allowed(lookup, *args, **kwargs)

then allow the lookup for certain foreign key field

class PageAdmin(SmarterModelAdmin):
   valid_lookups = ('parent')