Editing records

#Customizing data before filling the form

You may wish to modify the data from a record before it is filled into the form. To do this, you may define a mutateFormDataBeforeFill() method on the Edit page class to modify the $data array, and return the modified version before it is filled into the form:

protected function mutateFormDataBeforeFill(array $data): array
{
    $data['user_id'] = auth()->id();
 
    return $data;
}
protected function mutateFormDataBeforeFill(array $data): array
{
    $data['user_id'] = auth()->id();

    return $data;
}

Alternatively, if you're editing records in a modal action, check out the Actions documentation.

#Customizing data before saving

Sometimes, you may wish to modify form data before it is finally saved to the database. To do this, you may define a mutateFormDataBeforeSave() method on the Edit page class, which accepts the $data as an array, and returns it modified:

protected function mutateFormDataBeforeSave(array $data): array
{
    $data['last_edited_by_id'] = auth()->id();
 
    return $data;
}
protected function mutateFormDataBeforeSave(array $data): array
{
    $data['last_edited_by_id'] = auth()->id();

    return $data;
}

Alternatively, if you're editing records in a modal action, check out the Actions documentation.

#Customizing the saving process

You can tweak how the record is updated using the handleRecordUpdate() method on the Edit page class:

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 
protected function handleRecordUpdate(Model $record, array $data): Model
{
    $record->update($data);
 
    return $record;
}
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

protected function handleRecordUpdate(Model $record, array $data): Model
{
    $record->update($data);

    return $record;
}

Alternatively, if you're editing records in a modal action, check out the Actions documentation.

#Customizing redirects

By default, saving the form will not redirect the user to another page.

You may set up a custom redirect when the form is saved by overriding the getRedirectUrl() method on the Edit page class.

For example, the form can redirect back to the List page of the resource:

protected function getRedirectUrl(): string
{
    return $this->getResource()::getUrl('index');
}
protected function getRedirectUrl(): string
{
    return $this->getResource()::getUrl('index');
}

Or the View page:

protected function getRedirectUrl(): string
{
    return $this->getResource()::getUrl('view', ['record' => $this->getRecord()]);
}
protected function getRedirectUrl(): string
{
    return $this->getResource()::getUrl('view', ['record' => $this->getRecord()]);
}

If you wish to be redirected to the previous page, else the index page:

protected function getRedirectUrl(): string
{
    return $this->previousUrl ?? $this->getResource()::getUrl('index');
}
protected function getRedirectUrl(): string
{
    return $this->previousUrl ?? $this->getResource()::getUrl('index');
}

#Customizing the save notification

When the record is successfully updated, a notification is dispatched to the user, which indicates the success of their action.

To customize the title of this notification, define a getSavedNotificationTitle() method on the edit page class:

protected function getSavedNotificationTitle(): ?string
{
    return 'User updated';
}
protected function getSavedNotificationTitle(): ?string
{
    return 'User updated';
}

Alternatively, if you're editing records in a modal action, check out the Actions documentation.

You may customize the entire notification by overriding the getSavedNotification() method on the edit page class:

use Filament\Notifications\Notification;
 
protected function getSavedNotification(): ?Notification
{
    return Notification::make()
        ->success()
        ->title('User updated')
        ->body('The user has been saved successfully.');
}
use Filament\Notifications\Notification;

protected function getSavedNotification(): ?Notification
{
    return Notification::make()
        ->success()
        ->title('User updated')
        ->body('The user has been saved successfully.');
}

To disable the notification altogether, return null from the getSavedNotification() method on the edit page class:

use Filament\Notifications\Notification;
 
protected function getSavedNotification(): ?Notification
{
    return null;
}
use Filament\Notifications\Notification;

protected function getSavedNotification(): ?Notification
{
    return null;
}

#Lifecycle hooks

Hooks may be used to execute code at various points within a page's lifecycle, like before a form is saved. To set up a hook, create a protected method on the Edit page class with the name of the hook:

protected function beforeSave(): void
{
    // ...
}
protected function beforeSave(): void
{
    // ...
}

In this example, the code in the beforeSave() method will be called before the data in the form is saved to the database.

There are several available hooks for the Edit pages:

use Filament\Resources\Pages\EditRecord;
 
class EditUser extends EditRecord
{
    // ...
 
    protected function beforeFill(): void
    {
        // Runs before the form fields are populated from the database.
    }
 
    protected function afterFill(): void
    {
        // Runs after the form fields are populated from the database.
    }
 
    protected function beforeValidate(): void
    {
        // Runs before the form fields are validated when the form is saved.
    }
 
    protected function afterValidate(): void
    {
        // Runs after the form fields are validated when the form is saved.
    }
 
    protected function beforeSave(): void
    {
        // Runs before the form fields are saved to the database.
    }
 
    protected function afterSave(): void
    {
        // Runs after the form fields are saved to the database.
    }
}
use Filament\Resources\Pages\EditRecord;

class EditUser extends EditRecord
{
    // ...

    protected function beforeFill(): void
    {
        // Runs before the form fields are populated from the database.
    }

    protected function afterFill(): void
    {
        // Runs after the form fields are populated from the database.
    }

    protected function beforeValidate(): void
    {
        // Runs before the form fields are validated when the form is saved.
    }

    protected function afterValidate(): void
    {
        // Runs after the form fields are validated when the form is saved.
    }

    protected function beforeSave(): void
    {
        // Runs before the form fields are saved to the database.
    }

    protected function afterSave(): void
    {
        // Runs after the form fields are saved to the database.
    }
}

Alternatively, if you're editing records in a modal action, check out the Actions documentation.

#Saving a part of the form independently

You may want to allow the user to save a part of the form independently of the rest of the form. One way to do this is with a section action in the header or footer. From the action() method, you can call saveFormComponentOnly(), passing in the Section component that you want to save:

use Filament\Forms\Components\Actions\Action;
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;
use Filament\Notifications\Notification;
use Filament\Resources\Pages\EditRecord;
 
Section::make('Rate limiting')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
    ->footerActions([
        fn (string $operation): Action => Action::make('save')
            ->action(function (Section $component, EditRecord $livewire) {
                $livewire->saveFormComponentOnly($component);
                
                Notification::make()
                    ->title('Rate limiting saved')
                    ->body('The rate limiting settings have been saved successfully.')
                    ->success()
                    ->send();
            })
            ->visible($operation === 'edit'),
    ])
use Filament\Forms\Components\Actions\Action;
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;
use Filament\Notifications\Notification;
use Filament\Resources\Pages\EditRecord;

Section::make('Rate limiting')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
    ->footerActions([
        fn (string $operation): Action => Action::make('save')
            ->action(function (Section $component, EditRecord $livewire) {
                $livewire->saveFormComponentOnly($component);
                
                Notification::make()
                    ->title('Rate limiting saved')
                    ->body('The rate limiting settings have been saved successfully.')
                    ->success()
                    ->send();
            })
            ->visible($operation === 'edit'),
    ])

The $operation helper is available, to ensure that the action is only visible when the form is being edited.

#Halting the saving process

At any time, you may call $this->halt() from inside a lifecycle hook or mutation method, which will halt the entire saving process:

use Filament\Notifications\Actions\Action;
use Filament\Notifications\Notification;
 
protected function beforeSave(): void
{
    if (! $this->getRecord()->team->subscribed()) {
        Notification::make()
            ->warning()
            ->title('You don\'t have an active subscription!')
            ->body('Choose a plan to continue.')
            ->persistent()
            ->actions([
                Action::make('subscribe')
                    ->button()
                    ->url(route('subscribe'), shouldOpenInNewTab: true),
            ])
            ->send();
 
        $this->halt();
    }
}
use Filament\Notifications\Actions\Action;
use Filament\Notifications\Notification;

protected function beforeSave(): void
{
    if (! $this->getRecord()->team->subscribed()) {
        Notification::make()
            ->warning()
            ->title('You don\'t have an active subscription!')
            ->body('Choose a plan to continue.')
            ->persistent()
            ->actions([
                Action::make('subscribe')
                    ->button()
                    ->url(route('subscribe'), shouldOpenInNewTab: true),
            ])
            ->send();

        $this->halt();
    }
}

Alternatively, if you're editing records in a modal action, check out the Actions documentation.

#Authorization

For authorization, Filament will observe any model policies that are registered in your app.

Users may access the Edit page if the update() method of the model policy returns true.

They also have the ability to delete the record if the delete() method of the policy returns true.

#Custom actions

"Actions" are buttons that are displayed on pages, which allow the user to run a Livewire method on the page or visit a URL.

On resource pages, actions are usually in 2 places: in the top right of the page, and below the form.

For example, you may add a new button action next to "Delete" on the Edit page:

use Filament\Actions;
use Filament\Resources\Pages\EditRecord;
 
class EditUser extends EditRecord
{
    // ...
 
    protected function getHeaderActions(): array
    {
        return [
            Actions\Action::make('impersonate')
                ->action(function (): void {
                    // ...
                }),
            Actions\DeleteAction::make(),
        ];
    }
}
use Filament\Actions;
use Filament\Resources\Pages\EditRecord;

class EditUser extends EditRecord
{
    // ...

    protected function getHeaderActions(): array
    {
        return [
            Actions\Action::make('impersonate')
                ->action(function (): void {
                    // ...
                }),
            Actions\DeleteAction::make(),
        ];
    }
}

Or, a new button next to "Save" below the form:

use Filament\Actions\Action;
use Filament\Resources\Pages\EditRecord;
 
class EditUser extends EditRecord
{
    // ...
 
    protected function getFormActions(): array
    {
        return [
            ...parent::getFormActions(),
            Action::make('close')->action('saveAndClose'),
        ];
    }
 
    public function saveAndClose(): void
    {
        // ...
    }
}
use Filament\Actions\Action;
use Filament\Resources\Pages\EditRecord;

class EditUser extends EditRecord
{
    // ...

    protected function getFormActions(): array
    {
        return [
            ...parent::getFormActions(),
            Action::make('close')->action('saveAndClose'),
        ];
    }

    public function saveAndClose(): void
    {
        // ...
    }
}

To view the entire actions API, please visit the pages section.

#Adding a save action button to the header

The "Save" button can be moved to the header of the page by overriding the getHeaderActions() method and using getSaveFormAction(). You need to pass formId() to the action, to specify that the action should submit the form with the ID of form, which is the <form> ID used in the view of the page:

protected function getHeaderActions(): array
{
    return [
        $this->getSaveFormAction()
            ->formId('form'),
    ];
}
protected function getHeaderActions(): array
{
    return [
        $this->getSaveFormAction()
            ->formId('form'),
    ];
}

You may remove all actions from the form by overriding the getFormActions() method to return an empty array:

protected function getFormActions(): array
{
    return [];
}
protected function getFormActions(): array
{
    return [];
}

#Creating another Edit page

One Edit page may not be enough space to allow users to navigate many form fields. You can create as many Edit pages for a resource as you want. This is especially useful if you are using resource sub-navigation, as you are then easily able to switch between the different Edit pages.

To create an Edit page, you should use the make:filament-page command:

php artisan make:filament-page EditCustomerContact --resource=CustomerResource --type=EditRecord
php artisan make:filament-page EditCustomerContact --resource=CustomerResource --type=EditRecord

You must register this new page in your resource's getPages() method:

public static function getPages(): array
{
    return [
        'index' => Pages\ListCustomers::route('/'),
        'create' => Pages\CreateCustomer::route('/create'),
        'view' => Pages\ViewCustomer::route('/{record}'),
        'edit' => Pages\EditCustomer::route('/{record}/edit'),
        'edit-contact' => Pages\EditCustomerContact::route('/{record}/edit/contact'),
    ];
}
public static function getPages(): array
{
    return [
        'index' => Pages\ListCustomers::route('/'),
        'create' => Pages\CreateCustomer::route('/create'),
        'view' => Pages\ViewCustomer::route('/{record}'),
        'edit' => Pages\EditCustomer::route('/{record}/edit'),
        'edit-contact' => Pages\EditCustomerContact::route('/{record}/edit/contact'),
    ];
}

Now, you can define the form() for this page, which can contain other fields that are not present on the main Edit page:

use Filament\Forms\Form;
 
public function form(Form $form): Form
{
    return $form
        ->schema([
            // ...
        ]);
}
use Filament\Forms\Form;

public function form(Form $form): Form
{
    return $form
        ->schema([
            // ...
        ]);
}

#Adding edit pages to resource sub-navigation

If you're using resource sub-navigation, you can register this page as normal in getRecordSubNavigation() of the resource:

use App\Filament\Resources\CustomerResource\Pages;
use Filament\Resources\Pages\Page;
 
public static function getRecordSubNavigation(Page $page): array
{
    return $page->generateNavigationItems([
        // ...
        Pages\EditCustomerContact::class,
    ]);
}
use App\Filament\Resources\CustomerResource\Pages;
use Filament\Resources\Pages\Page;

public static function getRecordSubNavigation(Page $page): array
{
    return $page->generateNavigationItems([
        // ...
        Pages\EditCustomerContact::class,
    ]);
}

#Custom views

For further customization opportunities, you can override the static $view property on the page class to a custom view in your app:

protected static string $view = 'filament.resources.users.pages.edit-user';
protected static string $view = 'filament.resources.users.pages.edit-user';

This assumes that you have created a view at resources/views/filament/resources/users/pages/edit-user.blade.php.

Here's a basic example of what that view might contain:

<x-filament-panels::page>
    <x-filament-panels::form wire:submit="save">
        {{ $this->form }}
 
        <x-filament-panels::form.actions
            :actions="$this->getCachedFormActions()"
            :full-width="$this->hasFullWidthFormActions()"
        />
    </x-filament-panels::form>
 
    @if (count($relationManagers = $this->getRelationManagers()))
        <x-filament-panels::resources.relation-managers
            :active-manager="$this->activeRelationManager"
            :managers="$relationManagers"
            :owner-record="$record"
            :page-class="static::class"
        />
    @endif
</x-filament-panels::page>
<x-filament-panels::page>
    <x-filament-panels::form wire:submit="save">
        {{ $this->form }}

        <x-filament-panels::form.actions
            :actions="$this->getCachedFormActions()"
            :full-width="$this->hasFullWidthFormActions()"
        />
    </x-filament-panels::form>

    @if (count($relationManagers = $this->getRelationManagers()))
        <x-filament-panels::resources.relation-managers
            :active-manager="$this->activeRelationManager"
            :managers="$relationManagers"
            :owner-record="$record"
            :page-class="static::class"
        />
    @endif
</x-filament-panels::page>

To see everything that the default view contains, you can check the vendor/filament/filament/resources/views/resources/pages/edit-record.blade.php file in your project.

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