How do I add a new method to Encore\Admin\Grid\Column ?

[jicksonjohnson]

• Laravel Version: 8.12
• PHP Version: 8.0.28
• Laravel-admin: 1.8.16

Description:

I am trying to add a new column filter. To achieve this, I need to place a new method similar to "filter" that exists in "Encore\Admin\Grid\Column". Since this is part of a vendor package, I cannot edit it directly. Therefore, my plan is to rewrite this vendor class. I tried using the following code in "AdminServiceProvider". This is a new ServiceProvider I added under config/app.php to make this change.

public function boot() { Admin::booting(function () { $this->app->singleton(\Encore\Admin\Grid\Column::class, \App\Admin\Extensions\Override\Grid\Column::class); }); }

Here my try is to rewrite vendor class method "filter"

`<?php

namespace App\Admin\Extensions\Override\Grid;

use Encore\Admin\Grid\Column as OriginalColumn;

class Column extends OriginalColumn
{
/**
* Set column filter.
*
* @param mixed|null $builder
*
* @return $this
*/
public function filter($builder = null)
{
dd('sss');
return $this->addFilter(...func_get_args());
}
}`

I do not see this change reflected. Could someone help me with rewriting this vendor class?

[jicksonjohnson]

I need to keep the column filter open, like below

I did this by editing the vendor files.

1. Edited "Encore\Admin\Grid\Column" class by adding new method called "open_filter"

/** * Set column open filter. * * @param mixed|null $builder * * @return $this */ public function open_filter($builder = null) { return $this->addOpenFilter(...func_get_args()); }

2. Inside the trait "HasHeader", added "addOpenFilter" method

`protected function addOpenFilter($type = null, $formal = null)
{
    if (is_array($type)) {
        return $this->addHeader(new CheckOpenFilter($type));
    }

    if (is_null($type)) {
        $type = 'equal';
    }

    if (in_array($type, ['equal', 'like', 'date', 'time', 'datetime'])) {
        return $this->addHeader(new InputOpenFilter($type));
    }

    if ($type === 'range') {
        if (is_null($formal)) {
            $formal = 'equal';
        }

        return $this->addHeader(new RangeOpenFilter($formal));
    }

    return $this;
}`

3. included CheckOpenFilter, InputOpenFilter and RangeOpenFilter classes to the folder. those actually a copy of InputFilter, CheckFilter and RangeFilter. The only change is below

Updated the inline styling of ul dropdown-menu class element with below 

`style="padding: 10px;box-shadow: 0 2px 3px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.2);left: -5px;border-radius: 0; display: block; position: relative;"` display and position updated.

Now, I achieved this by editing vendor files. However, this approach is not allowed and is generally considered a bad practice to meet this requirement. As I mentioned in my question, I was unable to achieve the same result using the rewrite method.

If anyone knows of a better approach to accomplish this without editing the vendor files, please advise.