How to use Star rating of Font-awesome with Django?

Question

Fontawesome has a great star rating css extension, which looks really awesome.

However clicking on any of the span elements wouldn\'t really do anything. I don\'t

Answer 1

Consider Star Ratings With Very Little CSS from CssTricks. It uses no images, no Bootstrap, no Javascript. Pure CSS and Unicode stars, see this. Supported by all browsers except IE <= 6.

Note: Javascript is not required for UI, but is required for sending data to the server and preserving the rating selection after the element loses focus.

Also take a look at Accessible star rating widget with pure CSS. It is a pure CSS as well. Uses a technique discussed here - Custom radio and checkbox inputs using CSS. It's different from the first one in a way that the rating stays selected after the element loses the focus. Unfortunately, it is supported by fewer browsers.

A quick note on CSS Selectors might be useful while reading that.

UPDATE:

Have just reread the post and clicked the link. The first link in my answer is the same as topic starter's. Apologies.

Anyway, I chose not to delete the answer, as it contains a few links which I've been very glad to find and which might be useful for others.

Answer 2

I did not see a simple answer using only bootstrap glyphicons and jquery. I am sure other people have come here looking for a quick copy and paste so I just wrote one.

$(function(){
    $('.rating-select .btn').on('mouseover', function(){
        $(this).removeClass('btn-default').addClass('btn-warning');
        $(this).prevAll().removeClass('btn-default').addClass('btn-warning');
        $(this).nextAll().removeClass('btn-warning').addClass('btn-default');
    });

    $('.rating-select').on('mouseleave', function(){
        active = $(this).parent().find('.selected');
        if(active.length) {
            active.removeClass('btn-default').addClass('btn-warning');
            active.prevAll().removeClass('btn-default').addClass('btn-warning');
            active.nextAll().removeClass('btn-warning').addClass('btn-default');
        } else {
            $(this).find('.btn').removeClass('btn-warning').addClass('btn-default');
        }
    });

    $('.rating-select .btn').click(function(){
        if($(this).hasClass('selected')) {
            $('.rating-select .selected').removeClass('selected');
        } else {
            $('.rating-select .selected').removeClass('selected');
            $(this).addClass('selected');
        }
    });
});

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="rating-select">
    <div class="btn btn-default btn-sm"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-star-empty"></span></div>
    <div class="btn btn-default btn-sm"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-star-empty"></span></div>
    <div class="btn btn-default btn-sm"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-star-empty"></span></div>
    <div class="btn btn-default btn-sm"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-star-empty"></span></div>
    <div class="btn btn-default btn-sm"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-star-empty"></span></div>
</div>

To set the default value from the DB using django template, for each star do:

<div class="btn btn-{% if rate.value > 0 %}warning{% else %}default{% endif %}{% if rate.value == 1 %} selected{% endif %} btn-sm"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-star-empty"></span></div>

Answer 3

I seen this post, but didn't want to use a plugin with more than I needed. So, I threw this together for a small project I'm working on. You don't need bootstrap to use this.

HTML

<div class="star-rating"> 
  <span class="fa fa-star-o" data-rating="1"></span>
  <span class="fa fa-star-o" data-rating="2"></span>
  <span class="fa fa-star-o" data-rating="3"></span>
  <span class="fa fa-star-o" data-rating="4"></span>
  <span class="fa fa-star-o" data-rating="5"></span>
  <input type="hidden" name="whatever" class="rating-value" value="3">
</div>

CSS

.star-rating {
  line-height:32px;
  font-size:1.25em;
  cursor: pointer;
}

CoffeeScript

$star_rating = $('.star-rating .fa')

SetRatingStar = ->
  $star_rating.each ->
    if parseInt($star_rating.siblings('input.rating-value').val()) >= parseInt($(this).data('rating'))
      $(this).removeClass('fa-star-o').addClass('fa-star')
    else
      $(this).removeClass('fa-star').addClass('fa-star-o')

$star_rating.on 'click', ->
    $star_rating.siblings('input.rating-value').val $(this).data('rating')
    SetRatingStar()

SetRatingStar()

Javascript:

var $star_rating = $('.star-rating .fa');

var SetRatingStar = function() {
  return $star_rating.each(function() {
    if (parseInt($star_rating.siblings('input.rating-value').val()) >= parseInt($(this).data('rating'))) {
      return $(this).removeClass('fa-star-o').addClass('fa-star');
    } else {
      return $(this).removeClass('fa-star').addClass('fa-star-o');
    }
  });
};

$star_rating.on('click', function() {
  $star_rating.siblings('input.rating-value').val($(this).data('rating'));
  return SetRatingStar();
});

SetRatingStar();

Answer 4

This is the best plugin for star rating if you are using bootstrap:

• 2Kb minified
• Use Bootstrap Glyphicons
• No extra CSS
• You just have to add class="rating" to the input

Github Project

Answer 5

Have a look at django-ratings - that's what you're looking for.

Answer 6

One more interesting method. Pure CSS, keeps selected value, uses radio-buttons (cool!) and FA fonts

See demo

Taken from this post

HTML

<div class="star-rating">
  <div class="star-rating__wrap">
    <input class="star-rating__input" id="star-rating-5" type="radio" name="rating" value="5">
    <label class="star-rating__ico fa fa-star-o fa-lg" for="star-rating-5" title="5 out of 5 stars"></label>
    <input class="star-rating__input" id="star-rating-4" type="radio" name="rating" value="4">
    <label class="star-rating__ico fa fa-star-o fa-lg" for="star-rating-4" title="4 out of 5 stars"></label>
    <input class="star-rating__input" id="star-rating-3" type="radio" name="rating" value="3">
    <label class="star-rating__ico fa fa-star-o fa-lg" for="star-rating-3" title="3 out of 5 stars"></label>
    <input class="star-rating__input" id="star-rating-2" type="radio" name="rating" value="2">
    <label class="star-rating__ico fa fa-star-o fa-lg" for="star-rating-2" title="2 out of 5 stars"></label>
    <input class="star-rating__input" id="star-rating-1" type="radio" name="rating" value="1">
    <label class="star-rating__ico fa fa-star-o fa-lg" for="star-rating-1" title="1 out of 5 stars"></label>
  </div>
</div>

CSS

.star-rating{
    font-size: 0;
}
.star-rating__wrap{
    display: inline-block;
    font-size: 1rem;
}
.star-rating__wrap:after{
    content: "";
    display: table;
    clear: both;
}
.star-rating__ico{
    float: right;
    padding-left: 2px;
    cursor: pointer;
    color: #FFB300;
}
.star-rating__ico:last-child{
    padding-left: 0;
}
.star-rating__input{
    display: none;
}
.star-rating__ico:hover:before,
.star-rating__ico:hover ~ .star-rating__ico:before,
.star-rating__input:checked ~ .star-rating__ico:before
{
    content: "\f005";
}