Nova Items Field

Laravel Nova array items field with sorting & validation

Installation

composer require dillingham/nova-items-field

Usage

use NovaItemsField\Items;

function fields() {
    return [
        Items::make('Emails'),
    ]
}

and be sure to cast the property as an array on your eloquent model

public $casts = [
    'emails' => 'array'
];

Validation

Use Laravel's built in array validation

Items::make('Emails')->rules([
    'emails.*' => 'email|min:10',
]),

Additional options

function	description	default
->draggable()	turn on drag/drop sorting	false
->fullWidth()	increase the width of field area	false
->listFirst()	move add new to the bottom	false
->placeholder($value)	the new item input text	"Add a new item"
->deleteButtonValue($value)	value for delete button	"x"
->createButtonValue($value)	value for create button	"Add"
->inputType(text)	text, date, etc	"text"

Array processing

Use the array to perform other actions

• make an observer
• handle the array manually

function saving($user)
{
    foreach($user->emails as $email)
    {
        //
    }
}