marshmallow/nova-fields-help

A Laravel Nova help field.

v2.5.0 2025-08-07 10:55 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.0
• illuminate/support: ^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0
• laravel/nova: ^4.0|^5.0

MIT

• Stef van Esch
• Alessandro Benoit

• help
• nova
• laravel
• marshmallow

README

A custom Nova fields which allows to show custom help messages within form, detail and index screens.

Changelog

See changelog here.

Install

Run this command in your nova project:

composer require marshmallow/nova-fields-help

Then you can use the field in your resource as follow:

use Marshmallow\Nova\Fields\Help\Help;

public function fields(Request $request)
{
    return [
        Help::make('Help title', 'Help message!'),
    ];
}

Options

Nova Help Field has many options as follow:

Default templates

Help::make('title', 'message'); // Default help message
Help::success('title', 'message');
Help::info('title', 'message');
Help::warning('title', 'message');
Help::danger('title', 'message');

// There's also a special template for headings
Help::header('title', 'subtitle');

// If you prefer you can call the non static type method
Help::make('title', 'message')->type('warning'); 

Help templates:

Headings template:

Both title and message are optional

Help::make('Only title');
Help::make()->message('Only message');

Messages can also be callable

Help::make()->message(function () {
    return "{$this->name} is awesome!";
});

Icons

You can pick one of the default SVG icons (http://www.zondicons.com/) provided by Steve Schoger.

Help::make('Title')->icon('help'); // the default one
Help::make('Title')->icon('info');
Help::make('Title')->icon('warning');
Help::make('Title')->icon('danger');
// Load a custom one
Help::make('Love you')
    ->message('Yes, I love you!')
    ->icon('<svg viewBox="0 0 20 20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="m10 3.22-.61-.6a5.5 5.5 0 0 0 -7.78 7.77l8.39 8.39 8.39-8.4a5.5 5.5 0 0 0 -7.78-7.77z"/></svg>');
// or show no icon at all
Help::make('Sad')->withoutIcon();

Render html messages

Help::make('Title', 'Message with <a href="#">link</a>')->displayAsHtml();

From v0.2 the displayAsHtml() method applies also to the field name (unless shown as column header on index).

Full width on details screen

// Remove annoing padding in detail screen, also the default behaviour for the heading template 
Help::make('Negative margin')->showFullWidthOnDetail();

With side label

// Show a side label instead of the title on the top
Help::make('Look I\'m on the side')
    ->message('I\'m not...')
    ->withSideLabel();

Collapsible help fields

Help fields can be made collapsible using the fluent method collapsible(). Collapsible help fields are collapsed by default and toggle their state clicking on their title. Also, keep in mind that collapsible fields must define both a title and message and cannot be used with side labels.

// Collapsible field
Help::info('Click here to toggle', 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...')
    ->collapsible();

Show help messages on index

/**
 * By default help messages aren't shown on index,
 * when enabled they are shown as an hoverable 
 * icon showing a plain (no html) tooltip.
 */
Help::make('Column title')
    ->message('Message with <a href="#">link</a>') // The link code will be stripped out on index
    ->alsoOnIndex();
    
// Field icons can be shown conditionally on index
Help::make()->message(function () {
    return $this->name?"{$this->name} is awesome!":null;
})->onlyOnIndex();

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email [e-mail] instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Alessandro Benoit
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.