Filament•4mo ago

I want to use filament as a personal dashboard. Any recommendations on how to go about it?

Hi, I'm new to filamentphp but find it amazing. I was wondering if I can use it to make not a general dashboard but rather a personal one, meaning not to have to choose a user when creating a resource etc as it should be the logged in one. Let's go with the classic to-do example. I want to be able to add tasks for ME as the logged in user. And if a friend create an account they will add to their account, etc etc. How to go about it? Any tips or recommendations of documentations, tutorials, etc?

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awcodes•4mo ago

Create a custom dashboard page https://filamentphp.com/docs/3.x/panels/dashboard#customizing-the-dashboard-page and use the logged in user for anything you need in the view.

Dashboard - Panels - Filament

Bruno GomesOP•4mo ago

Hi, thanks for the quick answer!

Bruno GomesOP•4mo ago

Won't it just affect that specific page? Maybe I've phrased myself wrong... This is an example of what I mean:

Bruno GomesOP•4mo ago

I wish I didn't have to choose a user there, it should automatically go to me

awcodes•4mo ago

You don’t have to choose a user, it’s already defined by the laravel auth guard So, at that point any interaction is defined by the lavavel policy.

zaidpirwani•4mo ago

you need to modify the form, remove the user select field and instead maybe use a hidden field with auth()->user()->id or add user_id to form data before creation using life cycle hooks. Use a global Scope to make sure people only see THEIR tasks.

Bruno GomesOP•4mo ago

Hmmm okay, I was thinking of something like that as well but was like "what if there's already a standard way to make this happen and I'm missing out?" 😅 But having u suggest the same makes me think I'm not on the wrong here so that's what I'm gonna go with. Thank you!

Dennis Koch•4mo ago

You can leave out the User form field and use a Observer or the creating() hook for Eloquent models to always prefill the current user id for that model.

toeknee•4mo ago

Depending on the usecase of the models, you can chuck it in the boot function too:

    public static function boot()
    {
        parent::boot();

        static::creating(function ($model) {
            $model->user_id = auth()->user()->id;
        });
    }

    public static function boot()
    {
        parent::boot();

        static::creating(function ($model) {
            $model->user_id = auth()->user()->id;
        });
    }

When it is being created and only created, it will assign the authorised users ID.

Dennis Koch•4mo ago

That's what I meant, but thanks for the code example 😅

toeknee•4mo ago

Anytime 😉

Bruno GomesOP•4mo ago

Wow, thank you guys so much for the tips! Also, now that you've mentioned it, wouldn't this be a good addition to v4? Like having this kind of behavior be enabled with maybe a couple of method calls on the panelProvider or something similar would be pretty neat! Albeit that I have no Idea how complicated would it be to implement 😅

awcodes•4mo ago

It’s already possible. 😀

toeknee•4mo ago

@Bruno Gomes so scoping is already part of V4 if you enable it? scopeToTenant = true on the resource. OR scoped to tnenant by default, tenant being users I'd say. But personally? I've just build a trait if you want to apply to a lot:

trait HasCreator
{
    protected static function bootHasCreator(): void
    {
        static::creating(function ($model) {
            if (Auth::check()) {
                $model->user_id = Auth::user()->id;
            }
        });
    }
}

trait HasCreator
{
    protected static function bootHasCreator(): void
    {
        static::creating(function ($model) {
            if (Auth::check()) {
                $model->user_id = Auth::user()->id;
            }
        });
    }
}

then add to each model:

    use HasFactory, HasCreator;

    use HasFactory, HasCreator;

Bruno Pereira•4mo ago

wrong @ xD

toeknee•4mo ago

soz!

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