How can I show styled text if a cell is empty?

My datatable has the following column:

TextColumn::make('description')
                ->label('Description')
                ->placeholder('empty'),

Instead of simply the text "empty" I want to show this styled version: '<span class="px-3 py-1 bg-blue-100 text-blue-800 text-sm rounded-full">Empty</span>' Is this possible?

3 Replies

toeknee•3mo ago

use Illuminate\Support\HtmlString;

TextColumn::make('description')
  ->label('Description')
  ->placeholder('empty')
  ->formatState(fn($state) => empty($state) ? new HtmlString('<span class="px-3 py-1 bg-blue-100 text-blue-800 text-sm rounded-full">Empty</span>') : $state),

use Illuminate\Support\HtmlString;

TextColumn::make('description')
  ->label('Description')
  ->placeholder('empty')
  ->formatState(fn($state) => empty($state) ? new HtmlString('<span class="px-3 py-1 bg-blue-100 text-blue-800 text-sm rounded-full">Empty</span>') : $state),

morty•3mo ago

Alternatively, I do this with a macro:

Tables\Columns\TextColumn::macro('placeholderDash', function () {
    return $this->placeholder(fn (): HtmlString => new HtmlString('&mdash;'));
});

Tables\Columns\TextColumn::macro('placeholderDash', function () {
    return $this->placeholder(fn (): HtmlString => new HtmlString('&mdash;'));
});

urbycoz•3mo ago

Thanks both. HtmlString was the key for me.

TextColumn::make('description')
                ->label('Description')
->default(new HtmlString('<span class="px-3 py-1 bg-blue-100 text-blue-800 text-sm rounded-full">Empty</span>'))

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