What features should we build next?

[tabacitu]

It's Q4 2023. We've already finished or started working on everything you guys have asked for last time. So our schedule is clear for 2024, we can add stuff to it 🎉

So let's do this again. Let's vote on what features YOU need most, so we can prioritize and build them 💪

Please only vote if you think you will need it 🙏 Voting on everything will just make us waste our resources on features that don't actually matter. If you have things you absolutely think we should build and aren't mentioned here, please let us know.

Let's do this 💪

[tabacitu]

support for Tailwind CSS

[tabacitu]

edit related entries in Show Operation (aka. CRUD inside CRUD)

[tabacitu]

DevTools to allow editing models, migrations etc. (not just creating)

[tabacitu]

Livewire components (table, form, widgets etc.)

[munjaldevelopment]

Eagerly waiting for the same..

[tabacitu]

HTMX components (table, form, widgets etc.)

[tabacitu]

Interface for the admin to run Artisan commands

[Astriel]

This could be usefull to avoid logging to putty or SSH on the server. Has to be compatible with the permission system to avoid all users to execute Artisan commands.

[ziming]

could be a security risk tho

[tabacitu]

interface for the admin to easily translate lang strings to other languages
(like LangFileManager but that doesn't override PHP files)

[karandatwani92]

https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/translation-manager

[tabacitu]

Calendar Operation - alternative to ListOperation that shows entries on a FullCalendar

[karandatwani92]

Done! Available here:
https://backpackforlaravel.com/products/calendar-operation

[ziming]

Looks really great!

[tabacitu]

KanBan Operation - alternative to ListOperation that shows entries in multiple columns on a KanBan board

[munjaldevelopment]

After "Calendar" operation, Kanban should be next in "todo basket list"

[tabacitu]

Grid Operation - alternative to ListOperation that show entries in a grid format (eg. a contacts list)

[tabacitu]

drag & drop page builder with blocks, so the admin can create, edit and customize presentation pages more deeply (eg. GrapeJS or EditorJS)

[tabacitu]

Export Operation - ability to export tables containing millions of rows

[Astriel]

This could be really usefull for big production websites. Will be needed by a lot of people over time.

[tabacitu]

more themes

[exorgroup]

would be nice to have metronic theme

[munjaldevelopment]

Metronic is awesome. Would be great if we use this theme. But I think there may be copyright issue with authors

[exorgroup]

All you need is a discussion with them - to send you the files they give you a download code - it could be a way to check that you paid a licence

[exorgroup]

AdminLTE is somewhat similar to Metronic and have a free option - so that is another option

[tabacitu]

Ability to work with APIs out of the box (not just Eloquent Models)

[Astriel]

That could be great to have a way to communicate either with external APIs to import data on Backpack for example, but also sending data to the API. Could be the Laravel internal API or and external API with Guzzle ?

[tabacitu]

complete removal of jQuery (still could be used, but optional)

[exorgroup]

Switch List - similar to checkbox list but will have switches instead of checkbox

[exorgroup]

Timeline - display a list of data in a timeline fashion - could be used in projects where communication is involved like feedback, chat, email thread etc

[exorgroup]

Map - could be useful in project that have logistics, tracking and real estate

[prodixx]

use of backpack CRUD forms outside of admin area, into the public area

[prodixx]

InlineUpdate Operation - if you want to update an related entry on the fly (in a modal)

[pxpm]

I think a very cool package we can build is a Backpack-Sushi (https://github.com/calebporzio/sushi) integration, so that you can have a ListOperation that can show any arbitrary information like files in a folder (like we do in Devtools), arrays of data, api results etc.
That way you can keep using all familiar crud functions in those tables like buttons, wrappers with href, filters, search, pagination etc.

[Astriel]

This really needs to be implemented as a plugin / core component of backpack : https://github.com/izica/relations-widgets-for-backpack/
This is a real struggle at the moment to implement sublist / relationships or tables on setupShowOperation. This was planned in th V6, but postponed. Would be perfect if it could work with the tab system.

[fronbow]

I agree, I found that component a while ago and use my own hacked version that does things slightly different for my admin panel!!

[Astriel]

I'm using ChatGPT to help me building custom components for the setupShowOperation but this is kinda complex and taking time. I would love to know more about your "hacked" version. I tried to install this one, but not working with V6.

[fronbow]

I just emailed you matey :)

[fronbow]

I would love a v6 version of https://github.com/novius/laravel-backpack-crud-extended?tab=readme-ov-file#crud-boxes as an alternative to tabs for laying out my forms. It would make complex forms easier to manage both for me as the developer and my users!

[Astriel]

+1 this is a good idea.

[lieto-dk]

Move editable columns into the pro product !

[lieto-dk]

Have a select option in table columns.

[eleven59]

An easy way to customize (error/success) messages when overriding CRUD functions. For example, preventing deletion of specific IDs, and showing why it didn’t work instead of “may not have been deleted”

[ziming]

A backpack comments package (maybe use spatie laravel comments package behind the scenes)

[karandatwani92]

Buttons API to move a few items to the dropdown menu while keeping a few others inline. Discussed here

[karandatwani92]

Scheduling Task Manager

[ericjanofski]

Repeatable Field Group Templates
I would love to have the ability to create field group templates for the repeatable field, similar to ACF Flexible Content.

Example: if our content team needs a field to hold either an image with a caption, a video with a thumnbail and caption or a section of text with a header and some body text, I currently need to build it all out with conditional javascript. If we could create json templates within the repeatable field and still have access to javascript and request verification, that would help so much!

There was a work in progress for v4 that had this functionality. I used it on a project for a large-ish project and it worked like a dream. Perhaps that could be revived? Thank you very much.

[tabacitu]

Ugh. This is a big one. I did love the previous "block editor" too, but the JS library wasn't maintained at all. Thanks for the suggestion Eric, will consider. Let's see if more people think it's worth building.