Filament JSON Column (v4)

Beautiful JSON viewer column for Filament v4 tables.

• Render modes: Tree / Table
• Presentation modes: Inline / Modal / Drawer
• Inline shows pretty-printed raw JSON (compact, fast) with click-to-copy
• Modal/Drawer support Expand all / Collapse all (Tree mode) and Copy JSON
• Polished light/dark styling. No build steps required for your app.

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Installation

Documentation on my doc. website

composer require pepperfm/filament-json:^4.0

Previous major versions:

• Filament 4 → composer require pepperfm/filament-json:^3.0
• Filament 3 → composer require pepperfm/filament-json:^2.0

Optionally publish config or views if you want to customize them:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="filament-json-config"
php artisan vendor:publish --tag="filament-json-views"

No Tailwind/Vite setup is required — the package ships a compiled stylesheet and registers it via Filament assets.

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Quick start

use PepperFM\FilamentJson\Columns\JsonColumn;
use PepperFM\FilamentJson\Enums\{RenderModeEnum, ContainerModeEnum};

// Inline (in-cell): always pretty raw JSON with click-to-copy
JsonColumn::make('properties')
    ->renderAs(RenderModeEnum::Tree) // used if you later switch to modal/drawer
    ->presentIn(ContainerModeEnum::Inline);

// Tree in a Drawer (with toolbar)
JsonColumn::make('properties')
    ->renderAs(RenderModeEnum::Tree)
    ->presentIn(ContainerModeEnum::Drawer)
    ->initiallyCollapsed(1)
    ->expandAllToggle() // Tree only (modal/drawer)
    ->copyJsonAction(false); // hide Copy button

// Table mode in a Modal with custom headers
JsonColumn::make('properties')
    ->renderAs(RenderModeEnum::Table)
    ->presentIn(ContainerModeEnum::Modal)
    ->keyColumnLabel('Custom Key Label')
    ->valueColumnLabel('Custom Value Label');

Sugar aliases

// Content render mode:
->asTree() // = renderAs(RenderModeEnum::Tree)
->asTable() // = renderAs(RenderModeEnum::Table)

// Container presentation:
->inlineContainer() // = presentIn(ContainerModeEnum::Inline)
->inModal() // = presentIn(ContainerModeEnum::Modal)
->inDrawer() // = presentIn(ContainerModeEnum::Drawer)

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Behavior & UX

• Inline container always renders a pretty-printed raw JSON block directly in the cell.
  Click the block (or press Enter/Space when focused) to copy JSON to clipboard.
• Expand/Collapse buttons only appear in Tree mode, and only for Modal/Drawer.
• maxDepth(int) controls nesting depth rendering in Table mode.
• filterNullable(true) filters out null/empty values from arrays/collections.
• characterLimit(?int) truncates long string scalars.

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Modal / Drawer toolbar

In modal/drawer modes you can enable a small toolbar above the content:

JsonColumn::make('properties')
    ->asTree()
    ->inDrawer()
    ->expandAllToggle() // adds Expand all / Collapse all buttons
    ->copyJsonAction(false); // hide Copy JSON button

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Labels (Table mode)

JsonColumn::make('properties')
    ->asTable()
    ->inModal()
    ->keyColumnLabel('Key')
    ->valueColumnLabel('Value');

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API reference (selected)

• renderAs(RenderModeEnum::Tree|Table) — choose how JSON is rendered.
• presentIn(ContainerModeEnum::Inline|Modal|Drawer) — choose where it is presented.
• asTree(), asTable() — sugar for renderAs(...).
• inlineContainer(), inModal(), inDrawer() — sugar for presentIn(...).
• initiallyCollapsed(int $depth = 1) — auto-collapse depth for Tree.
• expandAllToggle(bool $on = true) — toggle Tree toolbar buttons (modal/drawer).
• copyJsonAction(bool $on = true) — toggle Copy JSON button (modal/drawer).
• keyColumnLabel(string), valueColumnLabel(string) — Table headers.
• maxDepth(int) — nesting limit for Table mode nested blocks.
• filterNullable(bool) — filter out null/empty values.
• characterLimit(?int) — truncate long string values.
• getContainerMode() / isModalContainer() / isDrawerContainer() / isInlineContainer() — container checks.

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Migration from v3 → v4

TL;DR

• Inline now always renders pretty raw JSON (with click‑to‑copy).
  If you need the interactive Tree inside a cell — switch to Modal or Drawer (e.g. ->inDrawer()).
• Methods renamed for clarity (old ones still work but are deprecated):
  • asModal() → inModal()
  • asDrawer() → inDrawer()
  • inline() → inlineContainer()
  • getAsModal()/getAsDrawer()/getContainer() → getContainerMode() or isInlineContainer()
• No app-side asset build is required anymore — the package ships compiled CSS.

Before (v3)

JsonColumn::make('properties')
    ->asTree()
    ->asDrawer()
    ->initiallyCollapsed()
    ->filterNullable();

After (v4)

use PepperFM\FilamentJson\Enums\{RenderModeEnum, ContainerModeEnum};

JsonColumn::make('properties')
    ->renderAs(RenderModeEnum::Tree)
    ->presentIn(ContainerModeEnum::Drawer)
    ->initiallyCollapsed()
    ->filterNullable(true);

Inline behavior change

If you previously relied on Tree/Table inline (inside the cell), note that v4 renders pretty JSON instead.
To keep the interactive view, present it in a modal or drawer:

JsonColumn::make('properties')
    ->asTree()
    ->inDrawer(); // or ->inModal()

Optional toolbar

In modal/drawer Tree mode you can show a small toolbar:

JsonColumn::make('properties')
    ->asTree()
    ->inDrawer()
    ->expandAllToggle() // Expand all / Collapse all buttons
    ->copyJsonAction(false); // Hide copy JSON button

Testing adjustments

If you test rendering, switch to Filament v4’s List resource page approach (per Filament’s docs) and ensure session/error bags are initialized in your test case to avoid ViewErrorBag null issues.

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Version matrix

• Filament 4.x → pepperfm/filament-json:^4.0 && pepperfm/filament-json:^3.0
• Filament 3.x → pepperfm/filament-json:^2.0

Your existing constraints like ^2.x or ^3.x will continue to resolve to the proper major — v4 won’t auto-install unless you opt in.

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Styling

The package ships a compiled CSS with soft borders, proper light/dark palette, and table grid lines.
If you publish views and manually tweak Tailwind, ensure your scanner includes the package views (e.g. resources/views/vendor/filament-json/**/*.blade.php).

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Customize button and modal props

Important

The button() and modal() method accept the type of array|Arrayable|\stdClass, and implements basic properties of button and modal blade components from Filament documentation: Core Concepts - Blade Components

use PepperFM\FilamentJson\Columns\JsonColumn;
use Filament\Support\Enums\Width;
use Filament\Support\Icons\Heroicon;

$buttonConfig = literal(
    color: 'primary',
    size: Width::Medium->value
);
$modalConfig = [
    'icon' => Heroicon::OutlinedSwatch,
    'alignment' => 'start',
    'width' => Width::Medium->value,
    'closedByEscaping' => true,
    'closed_button' => false, // also accepts camel_case
];

JsonColumn::make('properties')
    ->asModal()
    ->button($buttonConfig)
    ->modal($modalConfig);

DTO schemas of components configuration:

use Filament\Support\Enums\Width;
use Filament\Support\Icons\Heroicon;

class ButtonConfigDto extends \Pepperfm\Ssd\BaseDto
{
    public string $color = 'primary';

    public Heroicon $icon = Heroicon::OutlinedSwatch;

    public ?string $label = null;

    public ?string $tooltip = null;

    public Width $size = Width::Medium;

    public ?string $href = null;

    public ?string $tag = null;
}

use Filament\Support\Icons\Heroicon;
use Filament\Support\Enums\Alignment;
use Filament\Support\Enums\Width;

class ModalConfigDto extends \Pepperfm\Ssd\BaseDto
{
    public ?string $id = null;

    public Heroicon $icon = Heroicon::Sparkles;

    public string $iconColor = 'primary';

    public Alignment $alignment = Alignment::Start;

    public string $width = Width::TwoExtraLarge->value;

    public bool $closeByClickingAway = true;

    public bool $closedByEscaping = true;

    public bool $closedButton = true;

    public bool $autofocus = true;
}

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Testing

Skipped for now

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Changelog

See the GitHub Releases page for a full changelog per version.

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Security

If you discover any security-related issues, please email the maintainer instead of using the issue tracker.

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Credits

• @pepperfm (author)
• All contributors

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License

The MIT License (MIT). See LICENSE for details.