Filament•12mo ago

Default value for checkboxes and toggles

Hey I tried to make the toggle checked by default with this code but it doesn't work. Any idea why?

Solution:

Uh my bad it is because i am filling the form at somewhere else

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awcodes•12mo ago

note that default only works in the 'create' context

Masea•12mo ago

Sure. but it isn't checked even in the create page

awcodes•12mo ago

are you on v2 or v3?

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Masea•12mo ago

Uh my bad it is because i am filling the form at somewhere else

Masea•12mo ago

deleting this now

awcodes•12mo ago

don't delete it

Masea•12mo ago

Got it

awcodes•12mo ago

it could help others,

awcodes•12mo ago

glad you found it though.

Masea•12mo ago

Thanks Since it is related though, i would like to talk about reactive checkboxes and toggles. So I have another field that is only visible when a toggle is checked. This is all fine when creating the record for the first time. Imagine I have created a record and actually enabled the toggle to also fill the field. (Note that i am not saving the enabled toggle field to the database). So next time when I am editting the record, the toggle field should be enabled by default since its related field was filled up. How can i achieve this?

awcodes•12mo ago

->afterStateHydrated() you can use that to set the state of other fields

awcodes•12mo ago

https://filamentphp.com/docs/2.x/forms/advanced#field-lifecycle

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awcodes•12mo ago

or if you're using the v3 beta https://beta.filamentphp.com/docs/3.x/forms/advanced#field-lifecycle

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Masea•12mo ago

I am on the v2. Thanks. Which field am i going to use this tho? The toggle field or the field that is only visible when the toggle is on

awcodes•12mo ago

since it depends on the related field being filled, I would use it on the related field

ReleatedField::make('blah')
  ->afterStateHydrated(function(Closure $set, $state) {
    if ($state !== null) {
      $set('toggle', true);
    }
  })

ReleatedField::make('blah')
  ->afterStateHydrated(function(Closure $set, $state) {
    if ($state !== null) {
      $set('toggle', true);
    }
  })

something like that obviously you'll need to handle the if check better than that. LOL.

Masea•12mo ago

Thank you! Like how? 😄 It felt completely reasonable to me tbh

awcodes•12mo ago

i don't know the data for the related field, it could have been a repeater with an array of data. 🙂 could also use filled($state) or empty($state) depending on the type of data.

Masea•12mo ago

Ok thank you so much for the help

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Default value for checkboxes and toggles