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mattsplat/readmore
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A Laravel Nova field to hide long text and show when clicked.

1.0.3(6y ago)646.7k↓44.7%2MITVuePHP >=7.1.0

Since May 7Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Text Read More
==============

[](#text-read-more)

For the index view adds the ability to shorten text/textarea or show all by clicking on the field.

Works by adding a macro to Laravel Nova `Text` which is extended by `TextArea` so it works for both.

### Install

[](#install)

```
composer require mattsplat/readmore

```

### Usage with TextArea

[](#usage-with-textarea)

```
Textarea::make('Notes')
    ->showOnIndex()
    ->readMore(),

```

with options

```

Textarea::make('Notes')
    ->showOnIndex()
    ->readMore(['mask' => 'Look Here', 'max' => 5]),

```

or using Text

```

Text::make('Notes')->readMore(),

```

#### Options

[](#options)

- max - number of characters to display (default 20)
- mask - text displayed to show all text (default ...)

Use an icon instead of text

```
$icon = '';

Text::make('Notes')->readMore(['max' => 0, 'mask' => $icon]),

```

#### Inspired by

[](#inspired-by)

[Index TextArea](https://github.com/dillingham/nova-index-textarea) by [Brian Dillingham](https://novapackages.com/collaborators/dillingham)

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.2% 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 ~37 days

Total

4

Last Release

2455d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0cf90e7e29acd8663e348763679007428d54b8f7a4062e358b93ee981f1e94d?d=identicon)[mattsplat](/maintainers/mattsplat)

---

Top Contributors

[![ontarget-interactive](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/44584476?v=4)](https://github.com/ontarget-interactive "ontarget-interactive (15 commits)")[![mattsplat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1675848?v=4)](https://github.com/mattsplat "mattsplat (2 commits)")

---

Tags

laravelnova

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