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Filament•3y ago
bernhard

Table column searchable - how to show user which columns are searchable

In the table builder, you can make columns searchable, which is great. For example:

TextColumn::make('id'),
TextColumn::make('name')->searchable(),
TextColumn::make('title')->searchable(),
TextColumn::make('description')


So the 
name
 and title columns are searchable, but not the 
id
 and 
description
 column.

From an end user perspective: how to know, which fields/columns are searchable and which not? When I enter for example 12, without any extra knowledge / information, I would expect to get the row with the id 12 or at least with 12 in it.

Why not adding the names (labels) of the columns as a placeholder in the searchbox. Or mark the searchable columns somehow ?
Solution
Its now possible with https://github.com/filamentphp/filament/pull/8884
GitHub
Add column labels to table global search field by bernhardh · Pull ...
Changes have been thoroughly tested to not break existing functionality.
Visual changes are explained in the PR description using a screenshot/recording of before and after.

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