Custom Views and Widget Controllers

[Read2uk]

Hi all,

I am trying to find the best way to use Custom Views and Widgets together.

1. These Widgets and chart are set in the setupListOperation, how can I hide them when I change the view? they still appearing in the other views, or have them display the custom view clause filter
   

2. How can I pass a parameter/filter to the Widget controller?

For example, when changing view I want to use the same ChartController but pass a filter to the query to pull the data

3. When I add a CRUD::addClause with a SQL filter in the CustomView function, its only applying the filter to the datatable, is there a smart way to also applying to the widgets and charts?

Regards

[karandatwani92]

Hey @Read2uk

1. How to remove widgets:

Widget::add('my_widget')
        ->to('before_content')
        ->type('card')
        ->content(null);

Widget::name('my_widget')->remove();

[karandatwani92]

2. You can catch filter parameters in setupListOperation request('param'); however, the standard chart widget does not pass any data to the chart controller.

I found a thread #532 on this. I wonder if you may find a custom solution that fits your needs.

[karandatwani92]

3. CRUD::addClause() is available only in CRUDController, which only applies to CRUD's model.
   Widget Controllers are not bound to CRUD's specific model, so use any model directly inside it. It's just wapper on Eloquent's Queries builder.