Nova Link Picker

This package provides a Nova field to generate a link. It shows a select field with the routes of your application you want to be used as a link. It also provides fixed options like external, mailto and tel. Route model binding is automatically applied to the parameters to give the user dropdowns with the available options.

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Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require outerweb/nova-link-picker

You can publish the config file with:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="nova-link-picker-config"

This is the contents of the published config file:

return [
    'link_entity' => \Outerweb\NovaLinkPicker\Entities\Link::class,
    'api_base_url' => '/nova-vendor/outerweb/nova-link-picker',
    'available_options' => [
        'open_in_new_tab' => true,
        'download' => true,
    ]
];

Usage

This field stores its value as a JSON string in the database. So you need to make sure the column in the database is a json column (or text if json is not (yet) supported by your DB engine).

The value of the field looks like this:

{
    "routeName": string,
    "parameters": [
        [
            "name": string,
            "value": int|string
        ]
    ],
    "options": {
        "openInNewTab": bool,
        "download": bool
    }
}

To make it easier to work with this value, you can use the Outerweb\NovaLinkPicker\Casts'LinkPickerCast cast.

use Outerweb\NovaLinkPicker\Casts\LinkPickerCast;

...

protected $casts = [
    'link' => LinkPickerCast::class,
];

This cast will cast the value to a Outerweb\NovaLinkPicker\Entities'Link instance.

On this instance you can call the following methods / properties:

// Returns the route name as a string
// The routeName value can come from your applications registered routes
// or from the fixed options when it starts with `external.`:
// - `external.url` for an external url
// - `external.mailto` for a mailto link
// - `external.tel` for a tel link
$link->routeName;

// Returns the parameters as an array
$link->parameters;

// Returns the options as an array
$link->options;

// Generate the route (just like you would do with Laravel's `route()` helper)
$link->route();

// Get the target attribute value for the link
$link->target();

// Check if the link is an external link
$link->isExternal();

// Check if the link should be a download link
$link->isDownload();

// Render the link attributes (`href`, `target` and optionally `download`)
// Example: <a {{ $link->renderAttributes() }}>Click me!</a>
$link->renderAttributes();

Add the following syntax to the routes you want to be available in the select field:

Route::get('my-route', function () {
    // ...
})->name('my-route')
    ->where('nova-link-picker', 'true');

By default, the label of the route will be the route name. If the route contains a dot, the label will split the parts with a ">" character. For example: my-route will be My route and my-route.sub-route will be My route > Sub route. You can always customize the label of your named routes by adding the following to your routes:

Route::get('my-route', function () {
    // ...
})->name('my-route')
    ->where('nova-link-picker', 'true')
    ->where('nova-link-picker-label', __('My custom label'));

Add the field to your Nova resource:

use Outerweb\NovaLinkPicker\Nova\Fields\LinkPicker;

...

public function fields(Request $request)
{
    return [
        LinkPicker::make('Link')
            // This will Str::limit() the value on the Nova index table
            ->abbreviated()
            // This will hide the `download` option
            ->withoutDownload()
            // This will hide the `open in new tab` option
            ->withoutOpenInNewTab(),
    ];
}

Overwriting

Sometimes your application requires some custom logic. We've tried to make it as easy as possible to overwrite the default behavior.

You can overwrite the LinkPicker field by creating a new field that extends the LinkPicker field. This way, you can just overwrite the methods you want to change.

namespace App\Nova\Fields;

use Outerweb\NovaLinkPicker\Nova\Fields\LinkPicker as BaseLinkPicker;

class LinkPicker extends BaseLinkPicker
{
    // Your custom code here
}

You can overwrite the Link entity by creating a new entity that extends the Link entity. This way, you can just overwrite the methods you want to change.

namespace App\Entities;

use Outerweb\NovaLinkPicker\Entities\Link as BaseLink;

class Link extends BaseLink
{
    // Your custom code here
}

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Credits

• Simon Broekaert
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.