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This Laravel Nova package adds a multiselect to Nova's arsenal of fields.'

Requirements

• Laravel Nova ^2.0.11

For Nova version earlier than 2.0.11 please use nova-multiselect-field version 1.1.6 or earlier.

This restriction is due to Nova::translatable() method being added in 2.0.11, which allows this package to be localized.

Features

• Multiselect with search
• Single select with search
• Reordering functionality with drag & drop
• Dependency on other Multiselect instances

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Installation

Install the package in a Laravel Nova project via Composer:

composer require optimistdigital/nova-multiselect-field

Usage

The field is used similarly to Nova's native Select field. The field type in the database should be text-based (ie string, text or varchar), selected values are stored as a stringified JSON array.

use OptimistDigital\MultiselectField\Multiselect;

public function fields(Request $request)
{
    return [
      Multiselect
        ::make('Favourite football teams', 'football_teams')
        ->options([
          'liverpool' => 'Liverpool FC',
          'tottenham' => 'Tottenham Hotspur',
          'bvb' => 'Borussia Dortmund',
          'bayern' => 'FC Bayern Munich',
          'barcelona' => 'FC Barcelona',
          'juventus' => 'Juventus FC',
          'psg' => 'Paris Saint-Germain FC',
        ])

        // Optional:
        ->placeholder('Choose football teams') // Placeholder text
        ->max(4) // Maximum number of items the user can choose
        ->saveAsJSON() // Saves value as JSON if the database column is of JSON type
        ->optionsLimit(5) // How many items to display at once
        ->reorderable() // Allows reordering functionality
        ->singleSelect() // If you want a searchable single select field
    ];
}

Option groups

Option groups are supported. Their syntax is the same as Laravel's option group syntax.

In this example (from Nova docs), all values are grouped by the group key:

->options([
    'MS' => ['label' => 'Small', 'group' => 'Men Sizes'],
    'MM' => ['label' => 'Medium', 'group' => 'Men Sizes'],
    'WS' => ['label' => 'Small', 'group' => 'Women Sizes'],
    'WM' => ['label' => 'Medium', 'group' => 'Women Sizes'],
])

Dependencies

You can make a Multiselect depend on another by using dependsOn. This also requires specifying ->dependsOnOptions(). The value from the dependsOn Multiselect has to be the key to the options and the value must be a key-value dictionary of options as usual.

Usage:

Multiselect::make('Country', 'country')
    ->options([
        'IT' => 'Italy',
        'SG' => 'Singapore',
    ]),

Multiselect::make('Language', 'language')
    ->dependsOn('country')
    ->dependsOnOptions([
        'IT' => [
            'it' => 'Italian',
        ],
        'SG' => [
            'en' => 'English',
            'ms' => 'Malay',
            'zh' => 'Chinese',
        ]
    ]),

    // Optionally define max number of values
    ->dependsOnMax([
        'IT' => 1,
        'SG' => 3,
    ])

Options

Possible options you can pass to the field using the option name as a function, ie ->placeholder('Choose peanuts').

Localization

The translations file can be published by using the following publish command:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="OptimistDigital\MultiselectField\FieldServiceProvider" --tag="translations"

You can then edit the strings to your liking.

Overwriting the detail field

You can overwrite the detail view value component to customize it as you see fit.

Create a new component for NovaMultiselectDetailFieldValue and register it in your app.js. The component receives two props: field and values. The values prop is an array of selected labels.

// in NovaMultiselectDetailFieldValue.vue

<template>
  <div class="relative rounded-lg bg-white shadow border border-60" v-if="values">
    <div class="overflow-hidden rounded-b-lg rounded-t-lg">
      <div class="border-b border-50 cursor-text font-mono text-sm py-2 px-4" v-for="(value, i) of values" :key="i">
        {{ value }}
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div v-else>—</div>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  props: ['field', 'values'],
};
</script>

// in app.js

import NovaMultiselectDetailFieldValue from './NovaMultiselectDetailFieldValue';

Nova.booting((Vue, router, store) => {
  Vue.component('nova-multiselect-detail-field-value', NovaMultiselectDetailFieldValue);
});

Credits

• shentao/vue-multiselect

License

This project is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.