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Getting started

Field classes can be found in the Filament\Form\Components namespace. Fields reside within the schema of your form, alongside any layout components. If you’re using the fields in a Livewire component, you can put them in the getFormSchema() method:
If you’re using them in admin panel resources or relation managers, you must put them in the $form->schema() method:
Fields may be created using the static make() method, passing its name. The name of the field should correspond to a property on your Livewire component. You may use Livewire’s “dot syntax” to bind fields to nested properties such as arrays and Eloquent models.

Setting a label

By default, the label of the field will be automatically determined based on its name. To override the field’s label, you may use the label() method. Customizing the label in this way is useful if you wish to use a translation string for localization:
Optionally, you can have the label automatically translated by using the translateLabel() method:

Setting an ID

In the same way as labels, field IDs are also automatically determined based on their names. To override a field ID, use the id() method:

Setting a default value

Fields may have a default value. This will be filled if the form’s fill() method is called without any arguments. To define a default value, use the default() method:
Note that inside the admin panel this only works on Create Pages, as Edit Pages will always fill the data from the model.

Helper messages and hints

Sometimes, you may wish to provide extra information for the user of the form. For this purpose, you may use helper messages and hints. Help messages are displayed below the field. The helperText() method supports Markdown formatting:
Hints can be used to display text adjacent to its label:
Hints may also have an icon rendered next to them:
Hints may have a color(). By default it’s gray, but you may use primary, success, warning, or danger:

Custom attributes

The HTML attributes of the field’s wrapper can be customized by passing an array of extraAttributes():
To add additional HTML attributes to the input itself, use extraInputAttributes():

Disabling

You may disable a field to prevent it from being edited:
Optionally, you may pass a boolean value to control if the field should be disabled or not:
Please note that disabling a field does not prevent it from being saved, and a skillful user could manipulate the HTML of the page and alter its value. To prevent a field from being saved, use the dehydrated(false) method:
Alternatively, you may only want to save a field conditionally, maybe if the user is an admin:
If you’re using the admin panel and only want to save disabled fields on the Create page of a resource:

Hiding

You may hide a field:
Optionally, you may pass a boolean value to control if the field should be hidden or not:

Autofocusing

Most fields will be autofocusable. Typically, you should aim for the first significant field in your form to be autofocused for the best user experience.

Setting a placeholder

Many fields will also include a placeholder value for when it has no value. You may customize this using the placeholder() method:

Global settings

If you wish to change the default behaviour of a field globally, then you can call the static configureUsing() method inside a service provider’s boot() method, to which you pass a Closure to modify the component using. For example, if you wish to make all checkboxes inline(false), you can do it like so:
Of course, you are still able to overwrite this on each field individually:

Text input

The text input allows you to interact with a string:
Image You may set the type of string using a set of methods. Some, such as email(), also provide validation:
You may instead use the type() method to pass another HTML input type:
You may limit the length of the input by setting the minLength() and maxLength() methods. These methods add both frontend and backend validation:
You may also specify the exact length of the input by setting the length(). This method adds both frontend and backend validation:
In addition, you may validate the minimum and maximum value of the input by setting the minValue() and maxValue() methods:
You may set the autocomplete configuration for the text field using the autocomplete() method:
As a shortcut for autocomplete="off", you may disableAutocomplete():
For more complex autocomplete options, text inputs also support datalists.

Phone number validation

When using a tel() field, the value will be validated using: /^[+]*[(]{0,1}[0-9]{1,4}[)]{0,1}[-\s\.\/0-9]*$/. If you wish to change that, then you can use the telRegex() method:
Alternatively, to customize the telRegex() across all fields, use a service provider:

Affixes

You may place text before and after the input using the prefix() and suffix() methods:
Image You may place a icon before and after the input using the prefixIcon() and suffixIcon() methods:
You may render an action before and after the input using the prefixAction() and suffixAction() methods:

Input masking

Input masking is the practice of defining a format that the input value must conform to. In Filament, you may interact with the Mask object in the mask() method to configure your mask:
Under the hood, masking is powered by imaskjs. The vast majority of its masking features are also available in Filament. Reading their guide first, and then approaching the same task using Filament is probably the easiest option. You may define and configure a numeric mask to deal with numbers:
Enum masks limit the options that the user can input:
Range masks can be used to restrict input to a number range:
In addition to simple pattens, you may also define multiple pattern blocks:
There is also a money() method that is able to define easier formatting for currency inputs. This example, the symbol prefix is , there is a , thousands separator, and two decimal places:
You can also control whether the number is signed or not. While the default is to allow both negative and positive numbers, isSigned: false allows only positive numbers:

Datalists

You may specify datalist options for a text input using the datalist() method:
Image Datalists provide autocomplete options to users when they use a text input. However, these are purely recommendations, and the user is still able to type any value into the input. If you’re looking for strictly predefined options, check out select fields.

Select

The select component allows you to select from a list of predefined options:
In the options() array, the array keys are saved, and the array values will be the label of each option in the dropdown. Image You may enable a search input to allow easier access to many options, using the searchable() method:
Image If you have lots of options and want to populate them based on a database search or other external data source, you can use the getSearchResultsUsing() and getOptionLabelUsing() methods instead of options(). The getSearchResultsUsing() method accepts a callback that returns search results in $key => $value format. The getOptionLabelUsing() method accepts a callback that transforms the selected option $value into a label.
You can prevent the placeholder from being selected using the disablePlaceholderSelection() method:

Multi-select

The multiple() method on the Select component allows you to select multiple values from the list of options:
Image These options are returned in JSON format. If you’re saving them using Eloquent, you should be sure to add an array cast to the model property:
Instead of getOptionLabelUsing(), the getOptionLabelsUsing() method can be used to transform the selected options’ $values into labels.

Dependant selects

Commonly, you may desire “dependant” select inputs, which populate their options based on the state of another.
Some of the techniques described in the advanced forms section are required to create dependant selects. These techniques can be applied across all form components for many dynamic customization possibilities.

Populating automatically from a relationship

You may employ the relationship() method of the Select to configure a BelongsTo relationship to automatically retrieve and save options from:
The multiple() method may be used in combination with relationship() to automatically populate from a BelongsToMany relationship:
To set this functionality up, you must also follow the instructions set out in the field relationships section. If you’re using the admin panel, you can skip this step.
If you’d like to populate the options from the database when the page is loaded, instead of when the user searches, you can use the preload() method:
You may customize the database query that retrieves options using the third parameter of the relationship() method:
If you’d like to customize the label of each option, maybe to be more descriptive, or to concatenate a first and last name, you should use a virtual column in your database migration:
Alternatively, you can use the getOptionLabelFromRecordUsing() method to transform the selected option’s Eloquent model into a label. But please note, this is much less performant than using a virtual column:

Handling MorphTo relationships

MorphTo relationships are special, since they give the user the ability to select records from a range of different models. Because of this, we have a dedicated MorphToSelect component which is not actually a select field, rather 2 select fields inside a fieldset. The first select field allows you to select the type, and the second allows you to select the record of that type. To use the MorphToSelect, you must pass types() into the component, which tell it how to render options for different types:
The titleColumnName() is used to extract the titles out of each product or post. You can choose to extract the option labels using getOptionLabelFromRecordUsing instead if you wish:
You may customize the database query that retrieves options using the modifyOptionsQueryUsing() method:
Many of the same options in the select field are available for MorphToSelect, including searchable(), preload(), allowHtml(), and optionsLimit().

Creating new records

You may define a custom form that can be used to create a new record and attach it to the BelongsTo relationship:
The form opens in a modal, where the user can fill it with data. Upon form submission, the new record is selected by the field. Since HTML does not support nested <form> elements, you must also render the modal outside the <form> in the view. If you’re using the admin panel, this is included already:

Checkbox

The checkbox component, similar to a toggle, allows you to interact a boolean value.
Image Checkbox fields have two layout modes, inline and stacked. By default, they are inline. When the checkbox is inline, its label is adjacent to it:
Image When the checkbox is stacked, its label is above it:
Image If you’re saving the boolean value using Eloquent, you should be sure to add a boolean cast to the model property:

Toggle

The toggle component, similar to a checkbox, allows you to interact a boolean value.
Image Toggle fields have two layout modes, inline and stacked. By default, they are inline. When the toggle is inline, its label is adjacent to it:
Image When the toggle is stacked, its label is above it:
Image Toggles may also use an “on icon” and an “off icon”. These are displayed on its handle and could provide a greater indication to what your field represents. The parameter to each method must contain the name of a Blade icon component:
You may also customize the color representing each state. These may be either primary, secondary, success, warning or danger:
Image If you’re saving the boolean value using Eloquent, you should be sure to add a boolean cast to the model property:

Checkbox list

The checkbox list component allows you to select multiple values from a list of predefined options:
Image These options are returned in JSON format. If you’re saving them using Eloquent, you should be sure to add an array cast to the model property:
You may organize options into columns by using the columns() method:
Image This method accepts the same options as the columns() method of the grid. This allows you to responsively customize the number of columns at various breakpoints. You may also allow users to toggle all checkboxes at once using the bulkToggleable() method:

Populating automatically from a relationship

You may employ the relationship() method to configure a relationship to automatically retrieve and save options from:
To set this functionality up, you must also follow the instructions set out in the field relationships section. If you’re using the admin panel, you can skip this step.
You may customize the database query that retrieves options using the third parameter of the relationship() method:
If you’d like to customize the label of each option, maybe to be more descriptive, or to concatenate a first and last name, you should use a virtual column in your database migration:
Alternatively, you can use the getOptionLabelFromRecordUsing() method to transform the selected option’s Eloquent model into a label. But please note, this is much less performant than using a virtual column:

Radio

The radio input provides a radio button group for selecting a single value from a list of predefined options:
Image You can optionally provide descriptions to each option using the descriptions() method:
Image Be sure to use the same key in the descriptions array as the key in the options array so the right description matches the right option. If you want a simple boolean radio button group, with “Yes” and “No” options, you can use the boolean() method:
Image You may wish to display the options inline() with the label:
Image

Date-time picker

The date-time picker provides an interactive interface for selecting a date and a time.
Image You may restrict the minimum and maximum date that can be selected with the picker. The minDate() and maxDate() methods accept a DateTime instance (e.g. Carbon), or a string:
Image You may customize the format of the field when it is saved in your database, using the format() method. This accepts a string date format, using PHP date formatting tokens:
You may also customize the display format of the field, separately from the format used when it is saved in your database. For this, use the displayFormat() method, which also accepts a string date format, using PHP date formatting tokens:
Image When using the time picker, you may disable the seconds input using the withoutSeconds() method:
You may also customize the input interval for increasing the hours / minutes / seconds using the hoursStep() , minutesStep() or secondsStep() methods:
Image In some countries, the first day of the week is not Monday. To customize the first day of the week in the date picker, use the forms.components.date_time_picker.first_day_of_week config option, or the firstDayOfWeek() method on the component. 0 to 7 are accepted values, with Monday as 1 and Sunday as 7 or 0:
Image There are additionally convenient helper methods to set the first day of the week more semantically:
To disable specific dates:
You may change the calendar icon using the icon() method:
Alternatively, you may remove the icon altogether by passing false:

Timezones

If you’d like users to be able to manage dates in their own timezone, you can use the timezone() method:
While dates will still be stored using the app’s configured timezone, the date will now load in the new timezone, and it will be converted back when the form is saved.

File upload

The file upload field is based on Filepond.
Image By default, files will be uploaded publicly to your default storage disk.
Please note, to correctly preview images and other files, FilePond requires files to be served from the same domain as the app, or the appropriate CORS headers need to be present. Ensure that the APP_URL environment variable is correct, or modify the filesystem driver to set the correct URL. If you’re hosting files on a separate domain like S3, ensure that CORS headers are set up.
To change the disk and directory that files are saved in, and their visibility, use the disk(), directory() and visibility methods:
Please note, it is the responsibility of the developer to delete these files from the disk if they are removed, as Filament is unaware if they are depended on elsewhere. One way to do this automatically is observing a model event.
By default, a random file name will be generated for newly-uploaded files. To instead preserve the original filenames of the uploaded files, use the preserveFilenames() method:
You may completely customize how file names are generated using the getUploadedFileNameForStorageUsing() method, and returning a string from the callback:
You can keep the randomly generated file names, while still storing the original file name, using the storeFileNamesIn() method:
attachment_file_names will now store the original file name/s of your uploaded files. You may restrict the types of files that may be uploaded using the acceptedFileTypes() method, and passing an array of MIME types. You may also use the image() method as shorthand to allow all image MIME types.
You may also restrict the size of uploaded files, in kilobytes:
To customize Livewire’s default file upload validation rules, including the 12MB file size maximum, please refer to its documentation.
Filepond allows you to crop and resize images before they are uploaded. You can customize this behaviour using the imageResizeMode(), imageCropAspectRatio(), imageResizeTargetHeight() and imageResizeTargetWidth() methods. imageResizeMode() should be set for the other methods to have an effect - either force, cover, or contain.
You may also alter the general appearance of the Filepond component. Available options for these methods are available on the Filepond website.
Image You may also upload multiple files. This stores URLs in JSON:
If you’re saving the file URLs using Eloquent, you should be sure to add an array cast to the model property:
You may customize the number of files that may be uploaded, using the minFiles() and maxFiles() methods:
You can also enable the re-ordering of uploaded files using the enableReordering() method:
You can add a button to open each file in a new tab with the enableOpen() method:
If you wish to add a download button to each file instead, you can use the enableDownload() method:
Filament also supports spatie/laravel-medialibrary. See our plugin documentation for more information.

Rich editor

The rich editor allows you to edit and preview HTML content, as well as upload images.
Image You may enable / disable toolbar buttons using a range of convenient methods:
You may customize how images are uploaded using configuration methods:

Markdown editor

The markdown editor allows you to edit and preview markdown content, as well as upload images using drag and drop.
Image You may enable / disable toolbar buttons using a range of convenient methods:
You may customize how images are uploaded using configuration methods:

Hidden

The hidden component allows you to create a hidden field in your form that holds a value.

Repeater

The repeater component allows you to output a JSON array of repeated form components.
Image We recommend that you store repeater data with a JSON column in your database. Additionally, if you’re using Eloquent, make sure that column has an array cast. As evident in the above example, the component schema can be defined within the schema() method of the component:
If you wish to define a repeater with multiple schema blocks that can be repeated in any order, please use the builder. Repeaters may have a certain number of empty items created by default, using the defaultItems() method:
You may set a label to customize the text that should be displayed in the button for adding a repeater item:
Image You may also prevent the user from adding items, deleting items, or moving items inside the repeater:
You may customize the number of items that may be created, using the minItems() and maxItems() methods:

Collapsible

The repeater may be collapsible() to optionally hide content in long forms:
You may collapse all items by default:

Cloning items

You may allow repeater items to be duplicated using the cloneable() method:

Populating automatically from a relationship

You may employ the relationship() method of the repeater to configure a relationship to automatically retrieve and save repeater items:
To set this functionality up, you must also follow the instructions set out in the field relationships section. If you’re using the admin panel, you can skip this step.

Ordering items

By default, ordering relationship repeater items is disabled. This is because your related model needs an sort column to store the order of related records. To enable ordering, you may use the orderable() method:
This assumes that your related model has a sort column. If you use something like spatie/eloquent-sortable with an order column such as order_column, you may pass this in to orderable():

Grid layout

You may organize repeater items into columns by using the grid() method:
This method accepts the same options as the columns() method of the grid. This allows you to responsively customize the number of grid columns at various breakpoints.

Item labels

You may add a label for repeater items using the itemLabel() method:
Any fields that you use from $state should be reactive() or lazy() if you wish to see the item label update live as you use the form.

Using $get() to access parent field values

All form components are able to use $get() and $set() to access another field’s value. However, you might experience unexpected behaviour when using this inside the repeater’s schema. This is because $get() and $set(), by default, are scoped to the current repeater item. This means that you are able to interact with another field inside that repeater item easily without knowing which repeater item the current form component belongs to. The consequence of this, is that you may be confused when you are unable to interact with a field outside the repeater. We use ../ syntax to solve this problem - $get('../../parent_field_name'). Consider your form has this data structure:
You are trying to retrieve the value of client_id from inside the repeater item. $get() is relative to the current repeater item, so $get('client_id') is looking for $get('repeater.item1.client_id'). You can use ../ to go up a level in the data structure, so $get('../client_id') is $get('repeater.client_id') and $get('../../client_id') is $get('client_id').

Builder

Similar to a repeater, the builder component allows you to output a JSON array of repeated form components. Unlike the repeater, which only defines one form schema to repeat, the builder allows you to define different schema “blocks”, which you can repeat in any order. This makes it useful for building more advanced array structures. The primary use of the builder component is to build web page content using predefined blocks. The example below defines multiple blocks for different elements in the page content. On the frontend of your website, you could loop through each block in the JSON and format it how you wish.
Image We recommend that you store builder data with a JSON column in your database. Additionally, if you’re using Eloquent, make sure that column has an array cast. As evident in the above example, blocks can be defined within the blocks() method of the component. Blocks are Builder\Block objects, and require a unique name, and a component schema:
By default, the label of the block will be automatically determined based on its name. To override the block’s label, you may use the label() method. Customizing the label in this way is useful if you wish to use a translation string for localization:
Blocks may also have an icon, which is displayed next to the label. The icon() method accepts the name of any Blade icon component:
Image You may customize the number of items that may be created, using the minItems() and maxItems() methods:

Collapsible

The builder may be collapsible() to optionally hide content in long forms:
You may collapse all items by default:

Tags input

The tags input component allows you to interact with a list of tags. By default, tags are stored in JSON:
Image If you’re saving the JSON tags using Eloquent, you should be sure to add an array cast to the model property:
You may allow the tags to be stored in a separated string, instead of JSON. To set this up, pass the separating character to the separator() method:
Tags inputs may have autocomplete suggestions. To enable this, pass an array of suggestions to the suggestions() method:
Image
Filament also supports spatie/laravel-tags. See our plugin documentation for more information.

Textarea

The textarea allows you to interact with a multi-line string:
Image You may change the size of the textarea by defining the rows() and cols() methods:
You may limit the length of the string by setting the minLength() and maxLength() methods. These methods add both frontend and backend validation:

Key-value

The key-value field allows you to interact with one-dimensional JSON object:
Image You may customize the labels for the key and value fields using the keyLabel() and valueLabel() methods:
Image You may also prevent the user from adding rows, deleting rows, or editing keys:
You can allow the user to reorder rows within the table:
You may also add placeholders for the key and value fields using the keyPlaceholder() and valuePlaceholder() methods:
Image

Color picker

The color picker component allows you to pick a color in a range of formats. By default, the component uses HEX format:
Image Alternatively, you can use a different format:

View

Aside from building custom fields, you may create “view” fields which allow you to create custom fields without extra PHP classes.
Inside your view, you may interact with the state of the form component using Livewire and Alpine.js. The $getStatePath() closure may be used by the view to retrieve the Livewire property path of the field. You could use this to wire:model a value, or $wire.entangle it with Alpine.js. Using Livewire’s entangle allows sharing state with Alpine.js:
Or, you may bind the value to a Livewire property using wire:model:

Building custom fields

You may create your own custom field classes and views, which you can reuse across your project, and even release as a plugin to the community.
If you’re just creating a simple custom field to use once, you could instead use a view field to render any custom Blade file.
To create a custom field class and view, you may use the following command:
This will create the following field class:
Inside your view, you may interact with the state of the form component using Livewire and Alpine.js. The $getStatePath() closure may be used by the view to retrieve the Livewire property path of the field. You could use this to wire:model a value, or $wire.entangle it with Alpine.js: