Autocompletion in event selection

src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py

@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def user_event_widgets(**kwargs):
     user = kwargs.pop('user')
     widgets = []
 
-    events = user.get_events_with_any_permission().order_by('-date_from', 'name').select_related('organizer')
+    events = user.get_events_with_any_permission().order_by('-date_from', 'name').select_related('organizer')[:100]
     for event in events:
         widgets.append({
             'content': '<div class="event">{event}<span class="from">{df}</span><span class="to">{dt}</span></div>'.format(

src/pretix/control/views/typeahead.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import json
+
+from django.db.models import Q
+from django.http import JsonResponse
+from django.urls import reverse
+
+
+def i18ncomp(query):
+    return json.dumps(str(query))[1:-1]
+
+
+def event_list(request):
+    query = request.GET.get('query', '')
+    qs = request.user.get_events_with_any_permission().filter(
+        Q(name__icontains=i18ncomp(query)) | Q(slug__icontains=query) |
+        Q(organizer__name__icontains=i18ncomp(query)) | Q(organizer__slug__icontains=query)
+    ).order_by('-date_from')
+    doc = {
+        'results': [
+            {
+                'slug': e.slug,
+                'organizer': str(e.organizer.name),
+                'name': str(e.name),
+                'date_range': e.get_date_range_display(),
+                'url': reverse('control:event.index', kwargs={
+                    'event': e.slug,
+                    'organizer': e.organizer.slug
+                })
+            } for e in qs.select_related('organizer')[:10]
+        ]
+    }
+    return JsonResponse(doc)