Reuse django admin list view for model as a many to many selector

[Dev Aggarwal]

Hello, I have some models defined like so

class Question(models.Model):
    ...
    question_image = models.ImageField(default='')

class Exam(models.Model):
    ...     
    questions = models.ManyToManyField(Question)

Now, I am looking for a way to make it more sensible to select questions in the Exam Admin

Here is what I think should be pretty manageable

1.
Have a link to open a separate question selection page in Exam change Admin

2.
Reuse this list view from Question's Admin

Since it already has checkbox and the images are displayed too,
All i need is a Submit button and some JS after i have stripped it down to fit my needs.

Can you please guide me on how i should properly reuse that question list view?

[Tim Graham]

​ModelAdmin.raw_id_fields allows using the list view to select items. I don't think we should further complicate the standard select by adding the "Open select dialog" button proposed in the screenshot. You can write a custom widget for that if you want that, but this isn't the place to get answers about how to implement it. See TicketClosingReasons/UseSupportChannels.