sinensia/nova-detached-filters

Enhanced Laravel Nova detached filters with tabs and filter badges.

v1.0.0 2025-04-16 13:28 UTC

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Last update: 2025-05-22 17:08:34 UTC


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This Laravel Nova package allows you to place filters in Nova cards detached from the filter dropdown.

Features

  • Saving filter state

  • Reset all and single filters

  • Customizable

    • Change width of individual filter
    • Create columns for stacked filters

    Extended Features (by SINENSIA)

    • Group filters into tabbed sections
    • Active filter count badge per tab (optional)

Screenshots

Large Card

Small Cards

Tabs

Installation

Install the package in a Laravel Nova project via Composer:

composer require sinensia/nova-detached-filters

Usage

Pass the filters you wish to detach from the filter menu and show on a card to NovaDetachedFilters class.

use Outl1ne\NovaDetachedFilters\NovaDetachedFilters;

public function filters()
{
    return $this->myFilters();
}

public function cards()
{
    return [
        new NovaDetachedFilters($this->myFilters()),
    ];
}

protected function myFilters()
{
    return [
        new BooleanFilter(),
        new SelectFilter(),
        new PillFilter(),
        // ...
    ];
}

HasDetachedFilters

If you only wish to show some filters on DetachedFilters card, you must use HasDetachedFilters trait.

use Outl1ne\NovaDetachedFilters\NovaDetachedFilters;
use \Outl1ne\NovaDetachedFilters\HasDetachedFilters;

class ExampleResource extends Resource
{
    use HasDetachedFilters; // Needs to have this trait

    public function cards()
    {
        return [
            new NovaDetachedFilters([
                new SelectFilter, // Showed only on card
                new SelectFilter2, // Showed both in dropdown menu and on card
            ]),
        ];
    }

    public function filters()
    {
        return [
            new SelectFilter2, // Showed both in dropdown menu and on card
            new SelectFilter3 // Shown only in dropdown menu
        ];
    }
}

Customization

Widths

You can define the width of the filter using withMeta(). To see available width options, check out Tailwind width classes

public function cards(Request $request)
{
    return [
        new NovaDetachedFilters([
            (new SelectFilter())->withMeta(['width' => 'w-1/3']),
            (new AnotherSelectFilter())->withMeta(['width' => 'w-2/3']),
        ]),
    ];
}

Define the width of the card if you wish to have multiple filter cards side-by-side. Width classes should be passed without w- in front of it.

public function cards(Request $request)
{
    return [
        (new NovaDetachedFilters([
            new SelectFilter(),
            new AnotherSelectFilter()
        ]))->width('1/3'),
        (new NovaDetachedFilters([
            new SelectFilter(),
            new AnotherSelectFilter()
        ]))->width('2/3'),
    ];
}

Resetting filter values

If you have bigger filters that take longer to clear manually, you can define withReset in filters metadata, that will render a button to easily clear the filters value without affecting other filters.

public function cards(Request $request)
{
    return [
        new NovaDetachedFilters([
            (new SelectFilter())->withMeta(['withReset' => true]),
        ]),
    ];
}

If you want to clear all filters, you can call withReset() on NovaDetachedFilters class. This will render a button on the top-left corner that will clear all filter values.

public function cards(Request $request)
{
    return [
        (new NovaDetachedFilters([
            new SelectFilter(),
        ]))->withReset(),
    ];
}

Storing filter state

When you are working with multiple resources and large group of filters, assigning them every time you navigate is a hassle. You can call persistFilters() function on NovaDetachedFilters that will render a lock button top-right corner of the card. Upon clicking the button, the lock will turn green stating that current filters are saved to localStorage.

Argument Default Description
persitFilters true Defines whether persist filters button should be shown.
isPersistingDefault false Optionally define whether filters should be persisted by default
public function cards(Request $request)
{
    return [
        (new NovaDetachedFilters([
            new SelectFilter(),
        ]))->persistFilters(),
    ];
}

Collapsing card

If you want to allow collapsing filter card you can call withToggle() onNovaDetachedFilters. By default, this is false.

public function cards(Request $request)
{
    return [
        (new NovaDetachedFilters([
            new SelectFilter(),
        ]))->withToggle(),
    ];
}

Columns

When working with large boolean filters or pill filters that are the height of multiple regular filters, you can wrap filters inside DetachedFiltersColumn to easily wrap them in columns.

DetachedFilterColumn class takes two arguments $filters and $width. Width of the column will default to w-auto if not passed.

Example of this can be seen in Screenshots section

public function cards(Request $request)
{
    return [
        new NovaDetachedFilters([
            new BooleanFilter(),
            new DetachedFilterColumn([
                new SelectFilter(),
                new SelectFilter(),
                new SelectFilter(),
                new SelectFilter()
            ], 'w-2/3'),
        ]),
    ];
}

Grouping Filters into Tabs

You can optionally group filters into tabs using DetachedFilterTabGroup:

use Outl1ne\NovaDetachedFilters\DetachedFilterTabGroup;

new NovaDetachedFilters([
    new DetachedFilterTabGroup('Main Info', [
        new MyFilter(),
        new AnotherFilter(),
    ]),
    new DetachedFilterTabGroup('Advanced Search', [
        new MyOtherFilter(),
    ]),
])

Each DetachedFilterTabGroup will render a separate tab in the UI. You can combine tabbed and non-tabbed filters freely.

Show Active Filter Badge (default: true)

A badge will appear on each tab indicating the number of active filters. You can disable this feature:

->withMeta(['showFilterBadge' => false])

Filter Column Grouping (legacy usage)

You can still use DetachedFilterColumn to organize filters in columns:

use Outl1ne\NovaDetachedFilters\DetachedFilterColumn;

new NovaDetachedFilters([
    new DetachedFilterColumn([
        new MyFilter(),
        new AnotherFilter(),
    ], 'w-1/2')
])

Tailwind Width Control

You can pass custom Tailwind widths via withMeta(['width' => 'w-1/3']) per filter. These will be applied correctly in responsive grid layouts.

Development

To rebuild assets:

npm install
npm run dev

License

MIT © Outl1ne / Extended by Sinensia with tab support.

Demo

You can preview the application via workbench by running the following commands on your local machine. This will assume you have installed the required software on your pc.

composer install
composer serve

Credits