Filters

By default, Django's admin interface handles filtering through regular HTML links that modify URL query parameters. While this approach works well for basic filtering needs, it becomes limiting when dealing with more advanced filtering requirements, particularly when input fields are involved.

Unfold extends Django's filtering capabilities through its custom filters, which are contained in a dedicated application called unfold.contrib.filters. To utilize these enhanced filtering features in your project, you'll need to add this application to your INSTALLED_APPS configuration in settings.py. It's important to place it immediately after the main unfold application to ensure proper functionality.

# settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    "unfold",
    "unfold.contrib.filters",
]

Note: When implementing filters with input fields, users need a way to submit their values since default filters don't include a submit button. To add a submit button to the filter form, set the list_filter_submit boolean flag to True in your unfold.admin.ModelAdmin class.