[Fixed]-Django admin: use checkboxes in list view in list_filter()

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For all models

You can easily override the django admin templates to customize the admin UI.

To edit the sidebar filter, just add a templates/admin/filter.html file, and write your custom HTML with radio buttons.

Note that this will change the sidebar filter for all models.

For a single model

If you want to change the filter for a single model, you can specify a template for a ListFilter:

class FilterWithCustomTemplate(admin.SimpleListFilter):
    template = "custom_template.html"

Example

As a reference example, check is the default template for filter.html.

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  1. Radio buttons cannot have multiple selection, you would need to make them check boxes.

  2. What you are looking for is making custom filters. I would suggest instead of overwriting the Filter List to contain a check form with check boxes, add a custom filter with each option as a filter. Use this link and scroll down to the SimpleListFilter and you will be able to code it with 5-10 LOC.

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