Differences between Devtools Fields and listed Backback fields

[garethwatt]

I'm new to backpack and started straight away with Devtools so I might be missing something..

When I create an ENUM field through Devtools the result is a text field in the admin interface instead of a dropdown as you would expect for something with defined values?? There aren't even any hints for what values are acceptable. In my case I defined gender to be "male" or "female" (Not very progressive please don't cancel me)

The backpack 6 documentation for free fields says this about ENUM:
Show a select with the values for an ENUM database column, or an PHP enum (introduced in PHP 8.1).
Database ENUM
https://backpackforlaravel.com/docs/6.x/crud-fields#enum-1

There also seem to be other fields listed under backpack Free Fields that are missing or named differently in Devtools but I will start with this question first..

I am using Laravel 10, Backpack 6 and MySQL

[karandatwani92]

Hi @garethwatt

Yes, I understand you expected a dropdown. I did a check, It's not a devtool issue. It's an enhancement for the base package CRUD.
CRUD::setFromDb(); is responsible for auto-selecting the column & field types.

I'm asking my colleague @pxpm to fix it by setting the Backpack field to ENUM type when it's an ENUM on the table. Currently, it is becoming a text field.⚠️

For now, you can manually turn it to ENUM field in YourCRUDController to see the dropdown.

And... Devtools columns list & Backpack columns are different. Devtools is supposed to show DB column types.✅

Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks for reporting it.🙏