Components Reference

Complete API reference for custom form components shipped with Filament Flex Fields (janczakb/filament-flex-fields). This document covers custom UI components (form fields, table columns, and layout/schema components). Standard Filament fields (TextInput, Select, etc.) are mapped via FieldType and are not described here.

Part II — Components

Part I — Shared concepts

Overview

Filament Flex Fields provides modern SaaS-inspired form controls with a unified design language:

Shared size scale (sm, md, lg)
Shared CSS tokens (--fff-* in resources/css/base.css and modular bundles under resources/css/)
Filament field wrapper integration (labels, validation errors, helper text)
Optional playground page for visual QA

All custom components extend Filament\Forms\Components\Field, or extend a native Filament input (TextInput, Textarea, Select) while replacing the view with a styled package template.

Documentation conventions

Each component section documents four layers of API surface:

Layer	Description
Chainable config methods	Fluent `->method()` calls on the component class. Accept scalars, `Closure`, or Filament utility injection.
Inherited APIs	Methods from parent Filament classes (`Field`, `TextInput`, `Select`, traits) that work unchanged. Listed briefly where relevant.
Public helper methods	Non-chainable getters and utilities used by Blade views, tests, or custom extensions. Documented per component when they expose stable behaviour.
FlexField schema keys	Snake-case keys in field `config` arrays passed to `FlexFieldFormBuilder`. Map to chainable methods. Keys not yet wired in the builder may still be valid when configuring fields manually.

Control size

Most components accept a size() method.

Value	Enum constant	Track height
`sm`	`ControlSize::Sm`	32px
`md`	`ControlSize::Md`	40px (default)
`lg`	`ControlSize::Lg`	48px

use Bjanczak\FilamentFlexFields\Enums\ControlSize;

->size('md')
->size(ControlSize::Lg)

Package defaults live in config/filament-flex-fields.php under the ui key, for example:

Config key	Affects
`flex_text_input_size`	FlexTextInput
`flex_text_input_variant`	FlexTextInput
`flex_textarea_size`	FlexTextareaField
`flex_textarea_variant`	FlexTextareaField
`select_size`	SelectField
`select_variant`	SelectField
`dual_listbox_size`	DualListboxField
`dual_listbox_variant`	DualListboxField
`price_range_size`	PriceRangeField
`price_range_variant`	PriceRangeField
`credit_card_size`	CreditCardField
`credit_card_variant`	CreditCardField
`number_stepper_size`	NumberStepper
`segment_size`	SegmentControl
`slider_size`	TrackSlider
`switch_size`	SwitchField
`rating_size`	RatingField

Choice card components fall back to choice_cards_size and choice_cards_variant when used via FlexFieldFormBuilder (add these keys to config if needed).

Inherited Filament field API

Every component in Part II inherits the standard Filament Field API. Common methods:

Method	Description
`label()`	Field label rendered by the Filament wrapper
`helperText()`	Helper text below the field
`hint()`	Visible hint text next to the label
`hintIcon()`	Icon next to the label with optional tooltip
`hintIconTooltip()`	Tooltip text for `hintIcon()`
`hintAction()`	Clickable action next to the label
`placeholder()`	Placeholder where applicable
`required()`	Marks the field as required
`disabled()`	Disables the entire field
`default()`	Default state value
`live()`	Live / reactive updates
`dehydrated()`	Whether the value is saved to form state
`hidden()` / `visible()`	Conditional visibility
`rule()` / `rules()`	Additional validation rules
`afterStateUpdated()`	Callback after state changes

Validation errors are displayed below the component using the standard Filament field wrapper. All configuration methods accept a Closure for dynamic values and support Filament utility injection.

Livewire `wire:ignore` strategy (map & heavy Alpine fields)

Several interactive fields (MapPickerField, AddressAutocompleteField, SelectField, PhoneField, CountryField, and others) wrap third-party or Filament Alpine trees inside wire:ignore so Livewire does not destroy DOM that Alpine manages.

Concern	Strategy
State sync	Pass Livewire state through `$wire.$entangle('statePath')` in `x-data` — Alpine owns the UI, Livewire owns persistence.
Config changes	Add a `wire:key` hash over read-only/disabled/config props (token, `fields()`, `storeFormat()`, size, variant). When config changes, Livewire remounts the ignored subtree with fresh Alpine boot data.
Server updates	Avoid `->set('data.field')` on ignored fragments in tests; change upstream props or entangled state instead.
Dropdowns / maps	Teleport menus to `body`, use shared overlay coordinator (`fffOverlays`) so only one menu stays open. `teleported-menu.css` raises z-index when a Filament modal is open (`:has(.fi-modal.fi-modal-open)`).

Example (MapPickerField / AddressAutocompleteField):

<div
    wire:ignore
    wire:key="{{ $livewireKey }}.{{ substr(md5(serialize([$isDisabled, $field->getFields(), ...])), 0, 64) }}"
    x-data="mapPickerFormComponent({ state: $wire.$entangle('...') })"
>

When adding new map-like or Mapbox-backed fields, follow the same pattern: $entangle for state, wire:key for remounts, x-load ES module for JS.

Assets & playground

CSS is split into bundles:

Asset ID	File	Loading
`flex-fields-core`	`resources/dist/css/core.css`	Always loaded (tokens, switches, item cards, hold-confirm actions, shared layout)
`flex-fields-playground`	`resources/dist/css/playground.css`	Base playground chrome only
`flex-fields-playground-{slug}`	`resources/dist/css/playground-{slug}.css`	Per-slug playground bundle (e.g. `playground-phone-field.css`)
`flex-fields-{component}`	`resources/dist/css/{component}.css`	Lazy — injected by form field blades and `CoverCard` via `load-stylesheet` → `emit-assets`

JavaScript (tiered chunks)

All Alpine components are compiled together in a single esbuild build with splitting: true. If two fields import the same module from resources/js/core/ or resources/js/support/, the code is split into a shared chunk — loaded once and cached by the browser.

Output	Role
`resources/dist/components/{component}.js`	Thin entry — Alpine `x-data` factory for the component
`resources/dist/components/flex-fields-{name}-{hash}.js`	Shared modules with semantic names (e.g. `flex-fields-emoji-*.js`)
`resources/dist/components/alpine-manifest.json`	Component-to-chunk map + `__chunk_modules__` metadata

Currently shared chunks (auto-generated from build)

Source modules	Components	Purpose / Example
`core/shared-emoji-picker.js`	`flex-text-input`, `flex-textarea`	Emoji picker (~45 KB)
`core/audio-waveform.js`, `format-time.js`, `waveform-bars.js`, `audio-playback.js`	`audio-field`, `voice-note-recorder-field`	Waveform, playback, time formatting
`core/dynamic-bars.js`	`price-range`, `audio-field`, `voice-note-recorder-field`	Waveform / price histogram bars
`support/mapbox-geocoding.js`	`map-picker`, `address-autocomplete`	Mapbox geocoding integration
`core/searchable-select-menu.js`	`country-field`, `timezone-field`, `currency-field`	Common dropdown overlay shell
`libphonenumber-js` (lazy `import()`)	`phone-field`	Phone validation (~190 KB, loaded on demand)

Components without entries in the manifest (e.g. rating-field, dual-listbox) do not share code with other components — their entire logic remains inside their thin entry (which is expected). Modules used by only a single field (e.g. core/date-time/* used only by flex-date-time-field, nouislider used only by flex-slider) remain inside their entries until another component starts importing them.

FFART — Flex Field Asset Runtime

FFART (Flex Field Asset Runtime) is the third pillar of the asset pipeline alongside server queues and Filament x-load:

Module	Role
`flex-field-consumer-graph.js`	Consumer Reference Graph — refCount per URL, `instanceId = livewireKey::surface`
`flex-field-asset-injector.js`	Managed Asset Store, single-flight loader, modal/morph/navigate hooks
`flex-alpine-load-gate.js`	P0 single-flight `import()` + idempotent `Alpine.data`
`flex-field-prefetch-engine.js`	Hover intent (48ms), viewport, idle prefetch tiers
`flex-fff-load-directive.js`	`x-fff-load` CRG-aware Alpine lazy loader (all fields)

emit-assets is batch-only: hidden data-fff-asset-batch JSON plus optional data-fff-asset-consumer markers. The runtime promotes URLs to managed <link data-fff-managed-asset> nodes and uninstalls when refCount(url) === 0 (debounced), except core.css and playground bundles. load-stylesheet emits the full stylesheetsFor($component) + alpineChunksFor($component) URL set with a required CRG consumer id via FlexFieldAssets::resolveAssetConsumerLivewireKey() / consumerAttributesForComponent(). When Filament getLivewireKey() is null, it falls back to {livewireId}.{component} or page.{component} — never a consumer-less batch (those load then get uninstalled ~150ms later). emit-assets itself refuses to ship batches without consumer attrs (defense in depth). Schema shells that own layout CSS (ItemCardStack, ItemCardGroup) register a default key with isInheritable: false so CRG gets a stable Livewire path without doubling child field keys. Table columns enqueue in setUp() and emit the same full root set from the first rendered cell via EmitsFlexFieldTableColumnAssets. Panel queued-stylesheets remains a safety net for empty tables.

Preload & delivery (server)

Every blade template rendering a component stylesheet registers CSS and Alpine chunks in request-scoped queues (FlexFieldStylesheetQueue, FlexFieldAlpineQueue). load-stylesheet immediately emits emit-assets:

Full page — @push('styles') into Filament @stack('styles') in <head>.
Livewire partial — hidden data-fff-asset-batch marker (batch-only emit; runtime loads managed links).

queued-stylesheets flushes any remaining pending() queues at STYLES_AFTER and BODY_END. At HEAD_END, critical-stylesheet-preloads may emit teleported-menu only when FlexFieldStylesheetQueue has already registered a component that depends on it (e.g. table columns in setUp()). Form fields enqueue during body render via load-stylesheet → emit-assets instead. HoldConfirmAction preloads its Alpine entry via @push modulepreload in hold-confirm.blade.php when the action renders — not globally in HEAD_END.

Asset injector (SPA / modals)

flex-field-asset-injector.js (registered Filament JS asset at SCRIPTS_AFTER) handles:

href deduplication (normalizeAssetUrl, Map indices, in-flight promise cache),
loading missing CSS and Alpine chunks from morph batches,
modal FOUC prevention (morph.updating / morph.updated, fff-flex-fields-assets-pending / ready classes),
managed links (data-fff-managed-asset) with CRG refCount uninstall,
scheduleResyncFromDom rAF coalescing,
protected links (data-fff-playground-bundle, flex-fields-core.css only).

After modifying JavaScript (including the injector):

npm run build:js
php artisan filament:assets

Table column styles (UserColumn, RatingColumn, IconColumn, etc.) are lazy-loaded per column via FlexFieldStylesheetQueue::enqueueFor() in the column setUp() — not via load-stylesheet in table cell blades. The queued-stylesheets partial (render hooks at STYLES_AFTER and BODY_END) flushes pending bundles once; markStylesheetsEmitted() prevents duplicates. Playground slug pages use per-slug bundles with suppressForPlaygroundBundle() so lazy CSS is not injected twice. Playground CSS uses base playground.css plus per-slug playground-{slug}.css bundles pushed via playground-page-stylesheets. After changing package CSS or JS:

# Inside the package directory
npm run build:css          # core + playground + per-component bundles
npm run build              # CSS + JS

# Inside the Laravel application
php artisan filament:assets

Enable the playground (local by default):

FLEX_FIELDS_PLAYGROUND=true

The playground renders live examples of every custom component and variant.

Rich card option shape

Used by ChoiceCards and ChoiceCheckboxCards via options().

Simple option

'pro' => 'Pro plan',

Rich option

'starter' => [
    'label' => 'Starter',
    'description' => 'For individuals and small projects',
    'price' => '$5',
    'price_suffix' => '/mo',
    'meta' => '4,200 subscribers',
    'icon' => 'heroicon-o-sparkles',
    'badge' => 'Popular',
    'badge_color' => 'success',
    'disabled' => false,
],

Key	Type	Description
`label`	`string`	Card title. Falls back to the option key.
`description`	`string\|null`	Secondary text under the title.
`price`	`string\|null`	Price line. Alias: `value`.
`price_suffix`	`string\|null`	Suffix after price, e.g. `/mo`. Alias: `suffix`.
`meta`	`string\|null`	Extra footer text (monospace in UI).
`icon`	`string\|null`	Heroicon name. Rendered in `media` and `featured` layouts.
`badge`	`string\|null`	Badge label. Rendered in `featured` layout.
`badge_color`	`string`	Badge color token. Default: `success`.
`disabled`	`bool`	Disables this option. Combined with `disabledOptions()`.

Rich select option shape

Used by SelectField when options use a rich array shape or when richOptions() / optionLayout('grid') is enabled.

Simple option

'livewire' => 'Livewire',

Rich option

'laravel' => [
    'label' => 'Laravel',
    'description' => 'The PHP framework for web artisans',
    'icon' => 'heroicon-o-bolt',
    'image' => null,
    'badge' => 'Popular',
    'badge_color' => 'success',
    'disabled' => false,
],

Key	Type	Description
`label`	`string`	Option title. Falls back to the option key.
`description`	`string\|null`	Secondary line in list layout.
`icon`	`string\|BackedEnum\|Htmlable\|null`	Heroicon rendered in the option row.
`image`	`string\|null`	Image URL for grid layout cards.
`badge`	`string\|null`	Badge label in list layout.
`badge_color`	`string`	Filament color token for the badge. Default: `primary`.
`disabled`	`bool`	Disables this option.

Option groups use nested arrays: 'Backend' => ['laravel' => 'Laravel', ...].

Dual listbox option shape

Used by DualListboxField via options().

Simple option

'read' => 'Read',

Rich option

'write' => [
    'label' => 'Write',
    'description' => 'Create and update records',
    'disabled' => false,
],

Key	Type	Description
`label`	`string`	Item label. Falls back to the option key.
`description`	`string\|null`	Secondary text under the label.
`disabled`	`bool`	Disables this option. Combined with `disabledOptions()`.

Getting Started

Guides & Resources

Text & Input

Number & Range

Choice & Selection

Date & Time

Media, Color & Location

Rating & Tables

Actions & Enterprise

Layout & Display (Schemas)

Shared Concepts

Components Reference

Table of contents

Part I — Shared concepts

Part II — Components

Part I — Shared concepts

Overview

Documentation conventions

Control size

Inherited Filament field API

Livewire `wire:ignore` strategy (map & heavy Alpine fields)

Assets & playground

JavaScript (tiered chunks)

Currently shared chunks (auto-generated from build)

FFART — Flex Field Asset Runtime

Preload & delivery (server)

Asset injector (SPA / modals)

Rich card option shape

Simple option

Rich option

Rich select option shape

Simple option

Rich option

Dual listbox option shape

Simple option

Rich option

​Components Reference

​Table of contents

​Part I — Shared concepts

​Part II — Components

​Part I — Shared concepts

​Overview

​Documentation conventions

​Control size

​Inherited Filament field API

​Livewire wire:ignore strategy (map & heavy Alpine fields)

​Assets & playground

​JavaScript (tiered chunks)

​Currently shared chunks (auto-generated from build)

​FFART — Flex Field Asset Runtime

​Preload & delivery (server)

​Asset injector (SPA / modals)

​Rich card option shape

​Simple option

​Rich option

​Rich select option shape

​Simple option

​Rich option

​Dual listbox option shape

​Simple option

​Rich option

Components Reference

Table of contents

Part I — Shared concepts

Part II — Components

Part I — Shared concepts

Overview

Documentation conventions

Control size

Inherited Filament field API

Livewire `wire:ignore` strategy (map & heavy Alpine fields)

Assets & playground

JavaScript (tiered chunks)

Currently shared chunks (auto-generated from build)

FFART — Flex Field Asset Runtime

Preload & delivery (server)

Asset injector (SPA / modals)

Rich card option shape

Simple option

Rich option

Rich select option shape

Simple option

Rich option

Dual listbox option shape

Simple option

Rich option