Filament•4w ago

Default value for multiple select field. But it needs to be hidden

Hi together, I have the models Company and CompanyType which are linked via the pivot model CompanyHasCompanyTypes. So in the EditPage I have set up this SelectField:

Select::make('company_types')
    ->label(__('filament.company_type'))
    ->searchable()
    ->preload()
    ->required()
    ->multiple()
    ->validationMessages([
        'required' => __('validation.custom.company_type.required'),
    ])
    ->relationship('companyTypes', 'name')

Select::make('company_types')
    ->label(__('filament.company_type'))
    ->searchable()
    ->preload()
    ->required()
    ->multiple()
    ->validationMessages([
        'required' => __('validation.custom.company_type.required'),
    ])
    ->relationship('companyTypes', 'name')

And it works. I can select the company types and they are saved correctly. Now there is a condition, that depending which user is logged in and depending on the user roles they have, some fields are shown and some are not. CompanyTypes is one of them. What I need to do now, is to still provide a default value without displaying the field. I have tried this first:

Select::make('company_types')
    ->default([1])
    ->multiple()
    ->hidden()
    ->relationship('companyTypes', 'name'),

Select::make('company_types')
    ->default([1])
    ->multiple()
    ->hidden()
    ->relationship('companyTypes', 'name'),

but that didn't do it. Is there a possibility to achieve the desired behaviour?

Solution:

Use the mutateDateBeforeCreate()/mutateDateBeforeSave() to fill in the data based on the role instead.

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Dennis Koch•4w ago

Use the mutateDateBeforeCreate()/mutateDateBeforeSave() to fill in the data based on the role instead.

sparminOP•4w ago

Yeah that's my workaround for now too. Just thought there might be a cleaner solution 🙂

Dennis Koch•4w ago

Nope, that's the best solution

sparminOP•4w ago

Gotcha. Thank you very much🙏

sparminOP•4w ago

@Dennis Koch Okay follow up question: for some reason, for the displayed select field, the data is not shown inside $data of mutateFormDataBeforeSave(). Any idea why? It does get saved correctly though

Dennis Koch•4w ago

It’s because relationships are saved directly. Sorry I missed that. But it shouldn’t matter for the case where you want to pass a default.

sparminOP•4w ago

Ah I see. Yes it shouldn't matter, was just confused

Dennis Koch•4w ago

Yeah. That was more reassurance for myself 😅

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