python - one-to-many inline select with django admin

Question

I have a standard many-to-one relationship set up. There are a bunch of fields, but for our purposes here, the relevant model is:

class Class(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=128)

class Student(models.Model):
    class = models.ForeignKey(Class)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
    address = models.CharField(max_length=128)
    # ...etc

I created an admin, and it works great. it even automatically has the ability for me to set the Class when I am editing a Student. However, when I go to create/edit a Class, all I get is an input box for the name.

Is there a way to add a box/field where Students can be added as members of Class from the Class admin page? I can make a form inline, but that is to create new Students. I already have all my Students created and am just looking for a quick method to add multiple existing Students to different Class'.

Answer 1

There is! You want InlineModelAdmin (see InlineModelAdmin documentation here)

Sample code in brief:

class StudentAdminInline(admin.TabularInline):
    model = Student

class ClassAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    inlines = (StudentAdminInline, )
admin.site.register(Class, ClassAdmin)