blendbyte / nova-attach-many
BelongsToMany attach UI for Laravel Nova — searchable, validatable, with sync notifications & policy support. Fork of dillingham/nova-attach-many, maintained for Nova 5.
Requires
- php: ^8.1
- laravel/nova: ^5.0
Requires (Dev)
- laravel/nova-devtool: ^1.0
README
BelongsToMany create & edit form UI for Laravel Nova. Enables attaching relationships easily and includes validation.
Forked from dillingham/nova-attach-many.
Installation
composer require blendbyte/nova-attach-many
Quick Start
use NovaAttachMany\AttachMany; public function fields(Request $request) { return [ AttachMany::make('Permissions'), ]; }
You can explicitly define the relationship & Nova resource:
AttachMany::make('Field Name', 'relationshipName', RelatedResource::class);
Pivot Values
You can pass additional parameters for any pivot value. See the Laravel docs on syncing associations for details.
AttachMany::make('Field Name', 'relationshipName', RelatedResource::class, ['pivot_name' => value]);
Display on Detail
This package only provides the create/edit views that BelongsToMany does not. Use BelongsToMany for displaying the table on detail views:
public function fields(Request $request) { return [ AttachMany::make('Permissions'), BelongsToMany::make('Permissions'), ]; }
Validation
You can set min, max, size or custom rule objects:
->rules('min:5', 'max:10', 'size:10', new CustomRule)
Options
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
->showCounts() |
Shows "selected / total" |
->showPreview() |
Shows only selected items |
->hideToolbar() |
Removes search & select all |
->height('500px') |
Set custom height |
->fullWidth() |
Set to full width |
->showRefresh() |
Request the resources again |
->showSubtitle() |
Show the resource's subtitle |
->help('<b>Tip:</b> help text') |
Set the help text |
Relatable
The attachable resources will be filtered by relatableQuery(), so you can control which resources are available for attachment.
Being Notified of Changes
Add a method to the resource to be notified of sync changes. The method must be a camel-cased version of the attribute name, followed by Synced:
public function fields(Request $request) { return [ AttachMany::make('Permissions'), ]; } public function permissionsSynced(array $changes) { $changes['attached']; // IDs of attached models $changes['detached']; // IDs of detached models $changes['updated']; // IDs of updated models }
Authorization
This field respects policies. For example, with a Role / Permission setup:
RolePolicy:attachAnyPermission($user, $role)RolePolicy:attachPermission($user, $role, $permission)PermissionPolicy:viewAny($user)
Maintained by Blendbyte
Blendbyte builds cloud infrastructure, web apps, and developer tools.
We've been shipping software to production for 20+ years.
This package runs in our own stack, which is why we keep it maintained.
Issues and PRs get read. Good ones get merged.


