For some reason the required css and js files were not loaded for the default installation.
This is how i solved it.
- add jquery ui jss and css files
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.2/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.2/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" />
- add ajax_select.js and ajax_select.css to your static directory and serve via
<script src="{% static 'ajax_select/js/ajax_select.js' %}"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'ajax_select/css/ajax_select.css' %}"/>