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dillingham/nova-index-textarea
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Extends Nova textarea for index view

1.0.2(7y ago)1562.5k↑104.2%5[3 issues](https://github.com/dillingham/nova-index-textarea/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/dillingham/nova-index-textarea/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7.1.0

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Nova Index Textarea
===================

[](#nova-index-textarea)

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Nova package for showing textarea content on index with limits

### Install

[](#install)

```
composer require dillingham/nova-index-textarea
```

### Usage

[](#usage)

This package adds two methods to the existing `Textarea` Nova field

```
use Laravel\Nova\Fields\Textarea;
```

```
Textarea::make('Description')->showOnIndex()->limit(10)
```

### Options

[](#options)

`limit($amount, $ending='...')`

### Sidenote

[](#sidenote)

Add `->showAlways()` to turn off toggling on detail

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance16

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity37

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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

Every ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

2698d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29180903?v=4)[Brian](/maintainers/dillingham)[@dillingham](https://github.com/dillingham)

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Top Contributors

[![dillingham](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29180903?v=4)](https://github.com/dillingham "dillingham (4 commits)")

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Tags

laravellaravel-novalaravelnova

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