This package makes it possible to create text/textarea fields that enable mentioning by using At.js.
The data for the autocomplete is loaded from a route which will load data based on predefined key-value pairs of an alias and a model in the config.
First, pull in the package through Composer.
"require": {
"unicodeveloper/laravel-mentions": "1.1.*"
}
And then include these service providers within config/app.php
.
'providers' => [
Unicodeveloper\Mention\MentionServiceProvider::class,
Collective\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,
];
If you need to modify the configuration or the views, you can run:
php artisan vendor:publish
The package views will now be located in the app/resources/views/vendor/mentions/
directory and the configuration will be located at config/mentions.php
.
To make it possible for At.js to load data we need to define key-value pairs that consist of an alias and a corresponding model.
return [
'users' => 'App\User', // responds to /api/mentions/users
'friends' => 'App\Friend', // responds to /api/mentions/friends
'clients' => 'App\Client', // responds to /api/mentions/clients
'supports' => 'App\Supporter', // responds to /api/mentions/supports
];
So now with these aliases
configured we could create a new textfield which will send a request to the users
route and search for matching data in the name
column.
{!! mention()->asText('recipient', old('recipient'), 'users', 'name') !!}
You can also add a class name for styling of the text and textareas, that's the last argument. In this example, it is user-form
{!! mention()->asText('recipient', old('recipient'), 'users', 'name', 'user-form') !!}
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Laravel PHP Framework</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/jquery.atwho.min.css">
<!-- Requirements -->
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js"></script>
<script src="/js/jquery.atwho.min.js"></script>
<script src="/js/jquery.caret.min.js"></script>
<!-- Laravel Mentions -->
@include('mentions::assets')
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
{!! mention()->asText('recipient', old('recipient'), 'users', 'name') !!}
{!! mention()->asTextArea('message', old('message'), 'users', 'name') !!}
</div><!-- /.container -->
</body>
</html>
Via Composer
$ composer require unicodeveloper/laravel-mentions
Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.
$ composer test
Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.
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Thanks! Prosper Otemuyiwa.
The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.