Where should the Django-Select2 script tag go?

Using Django Forms & APIs
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Hi! I am working on an app that uses django-Select2 for dropdowns with search. I am able to get Select2 dropdowns working very well in a simple test page, but I am not able to get it working in my actual app page? I think the problem has to do with the <script> tag location? (might be wrong…).

My template structure currently looks like the following (note: these are much simplified from actual, but I tried to maintain the relevant parts and relationships…):

<!-- base.html -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <!-- Select2 Drop-down lists, include jQuery first -->
        <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.4.min.js"></script>
        <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-rc.0/dist/css/select2.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
        <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-rc.0/dist/js/select2.min.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body hx-headers='{"X-CSRFToken": "{{ csrf_token }}"}'>
        <div class="max-w-screen-xl mx-auto p-4 ml-10">
            <script>
                // Initialize Select2
                document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
                    console.log('Select2 initialized');
                    $('.django-select2').select2();
                });
            </script>           
            {% block content %}
            {% endblock %}
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

<!-- assemblies.html -->

{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% block content %}
<div id="assemblies-page">
     <div id="assemblies-container">
        <div id="assemblies-grid-container">
            {% include 'assembly.html' %}
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
{% endblock %}

<!-- assembly.html -->

<div id="assembly">
    {% if assembly %}

        {% block assembly-detail-view %}
            <div id="assembly-detail-view">
                <div id="assembly-cells">
                    {% for layer, form in layers_and_forms %}

                        {% block layer %}
                            <div id="layer-{{ layer.pk }}">
                                <div id="cell-{{ cell.pk }}">
                                    <form method="post">
                                        {% csrf_token %}
                                        {{ form.as_p }}
                                        <button type="submit">Submit</button>
                                    </form>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                        {% endblock %}

                    {% endfor %}
                </div>
            </div>
        {% endblock %}

    {% endif %}
</div>

Given the above, I get all the expected form elements on the page, but they are not Select2 styled, they are just normal dropdown menus:

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If I investigate the form element, it does appear to be properly tagged as a django-select2 element:

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but it is not getting any of the actual behavior or styling applied? Which I assume is due to an error in how I have the <script> inserted?

So:

  • Am I correct that this is due to the tag?
  • Where should the be inserted, assuming the template structure shown above?

thank you so much for any thoughts or suggestions!

best,
@ed-p-may