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bithaolee/select-or-custom
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A Laravel Nova field.

1.0.0(2y ago)07MITVuePHP >=7.1.0

Since Jul 27Pushed 2y agoCompare

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select-or-text
==============

[](#select-or-text)

Laravel Nova custom field that allows you to have a select drop-down or custom text!

Install
-------

[](#install)

You can install `select-or-text` using composer:

```
composer require bithaolee/select-or-custom

```

Then add the following code to your resources `fields` method:

```
\Lynndigital\SelectOrCustom\SelectOrCustom::make('Field Name')->options([]);
```

The field has an `options` method similar to that of Laravel Nova's `Select` field, it allows you to pass default options that may be selected.

Screenshots:
------------

[](#screenshots)

Add the field to nova: [![Code](resources/img/code.png)](resources/img/code.png)

The select field. [![The select field](resources/img/screenshot-1.png)](resources/img/screenshot-1.png)

Select one of your provided options, or choose "Custom (Free Text)" to add a custom value. [![Options](resources/img/screenshot-2.png)](resources/img/screenshot-2.png)

The field when a provided option is selected: [![Select box](resources/img/screenshot-3.png)](resources/img/screenshot-3.png)

The field when a custom value can be entered (a simple text field): [![Text input](resources/img/screenshot-4.png)](resources/img/screenshot-4.png)

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity38

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1017d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/90b315a8d4e7bb9a5fc19ada42b83ed3f691f7cca4c58e52028d8be686881e6a?d=identicon)[haolee](/maintainers/haolee)

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Top Contributors

[![0x15f](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17521434?v=4)](https://github.com/0x15f "0x15f (8 commits)")[![progamesigner](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8156513?v=4)](https://github.com/progamesigner "progamesigner (5 commits)")[![bithaolee](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6301977?v=4)](https://github.com/bithaolee "bithaolee (3 commits)")[![JoshOldenburg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/291371?v=4)](https://github.com/JoshOldenburg "JoshOldenburg (2 commits)")[![lintaba](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/375078?v=4)](https://github.com/lintaba "lintaba (1 commits)")[![wouter-ham](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31404985?v=4)](https://github.com/wouter-ham "wouter-ham (1 commits)")

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Tags

laravelnova

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