Django Template tag for building alphabetical index

Link to repository: https://github.com/Arpaso/alphabetic-simple

Builds alpabetic index to navigate through collection sorted by firstletter. Supports english and russian groups of alphabets.

Usage

view.py:

from django.views.generic.list_detail import object_list
from alphabetic.utils import alphabetic_setup
from .models import MyModel

    def myview(request):
        ...
        queryset = MyModel.objects.all()
        return object_list(request, alphabetic_setup(request, queryset, 'last_name'), template_name=template)

template.html:

{% show_alphabetic_filter %}

alphabetic_setup(request, queryset, ‘last_name’) - returns sorted queryset in alphabetical order by firstletter of the attribute name, e.g. last_name or whatever attribute of the model you specified.

show_alphabetic_filter - template tag shows clickable alphabet in the template.

Clicking on the letter will produce GET request to the current url with a tail ?firstletter=X, where X is the clicked letter.

Written by the development team of Arpaso company: http://arpaso.com