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valdisd's avatar

Category tree management in Laravel Nova

Hello!

Just started to get to know Laravel Nova and I really like the readiness of it.

However, one thing that I can not believe they have not included the category tree. What I mean by that is I want to manage categories and the usual view, edit and create view is not really sufficient for that. You cannot see the structure. Just name and parent.

So I am able to do a custom coding both in PHP and Vue. But not sure where and how to start, to follow the best practices of Nova and do not override, but just add things. I did not find documentation about custom edit, create, view and index views.

Could someone help me get my head around this and guide me to the right direction?

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kusab's avatar

I need category tree management too!

mythsam's avatar

This topic has been here for 7 months, I feel there are lots of demands, but hard to find a good solution. Here is the closest I can find to temporary resolve the need: https://github.com/InfinetyEs/Nova-Menu-Builder

On the other hand, I really hope Nova can create a new field type to support this need.

coccoinomane's avatar

Hi! I realize this might not be helpful for the OP, but it could help other people who are reading. Backpack for Laravel does seem to support a list-view of categories, showing also the number of entities in each category. I think they still miss the hierarchical view, though. You can check it out in their demo > https://demo.backpackforlaravel.com/admin/category Cheers, Guido

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