---
title: Modals
---
import AutoScreenshot from "@components/AutoScreenshot.astro"

## Overview

Actions may require additional confirmation or input from the user before they run. You may open a modal before an action is executed to do this.

## Confirmation modals

You may require confirmation before an action is run using the `requiresConfirmation()` method. This is useful for particularly destructive actions, such as those that delete records.

```php
use App\Models\Post;

Action::make('delete')
    ->action(fn (Post $record) => $record->delete())
    ->requiresConfirmation()
```

<AutoScreenshot name="actions/modal/confirmation" alt="Confirmation modal" version="3.x" />

> The confirmation modal is not available when a `url()` is set instead of an `action()`. Instead, you should redirect to the URL within the `action()` closure.

## Modal forms

You may also render a form in the modal to collect extra information from the user before the action runs.

You may use components from the [Form Builder](../forms) to create custom action modal forms. The data from the form is available in the `$data` array of the `action()` closure:

```php
use App\Models\Post;
use App\Models\User;
use Filament\Forms\Components\Select;

Action::make('updateAuthor')
    ->form([
        Select::make('authorId')
            ->label('Author')
            ->options(User::query()->pluck('name', 'id'))
            ->required(),
    ])
    ->action(function (array $data, Post $record): void {
        $record->author()->associate($data['authorId']);
        $record->save();
    })
```

<AutoScreenshot name="actions/modal/form" alt="Modal with form" version="3.x" />

### Filling the form with existing data

You may fill the form with existing data, using the `fillForm()` method:

```php
use App\Models\Post;
use App\Models\User;
use Filament\Forms\Components\Select;
use Filament\Forms\Form;

Action::make('updateAuthor')
    ->fillForm(fn (Post $record): array => [
        'authorId' => $record->author->id,
    ])
    ->form([
        Select::make('authorId')
            ->label('Author')
            ->options(User::query()->pluck('name', 'id'))
            ->required(),
    ])
    ->action(function (array $data, Post $record): void {
        $record->author()->associate($data['authorId']);
        $record->save();
    })
```

### Using a wizard as a modal form

You may create a [multistep form wizard](../forms/layout/wizard) inside a modal. Instead of using a `form()`, define a `steps()` array and pass your `Step` objects:

```php
use Filament\Forms\Components\MarkdownEditor;
use Filament\Forms\Components\TextInput;
use Filament\Forms\Components\Toggle;
use Filament\Forms\Components\Wizard\Step;

Action::make('create')
    ->steps([
        Step::make('Name')
            ->description('Give the category a unique name')
            ->schema([
                TextInput::make('name')
                    ->required()
                    ->live()
                    ->afterStateUpdated(fn ($state, callable $set) => $set('slug', Str::slug($state))),
                TextInput::make('slug')
                    ->disabled()
                    ->required()
                    ->unique(Category::class, 'slug'),
            ])
            ->columns(2),
        Step::make('Description')
            ->description('Add some extra details')
            ->schema([
                MarkdownEditor::make('description'),
            ]),
        Step::make('Visibility')
            ->description('Control who can view it')
            ->schema([
                Toggle::make('is_visible')
                    ->label('Visible to customers.')
                    ->default(true),
            ]),
    ])
```

<AutoScreenshot name="actions/modal/wizard" alt="Modal with wizard" version="3.x" />

### Disabling all form fields

You may wish to disable all form fields in the modal, ensuring the user cannot edit them. You may do so using the `disabledForm()` method:

```php
use App\Models\Post;
use App\Models\User;
use Filament\Forms\Components\Textarea;
use Filament\Forms\Components\TextInput;

Action::make('approvePost')
    ->form([
        TextInput::make('title'),
        Textarea::make('content'),
    ])
    ->fillForm(fn (Post $record): array => [
        'title' => $record->title,
        'content' => $record->content,
    ])
    ->disabledForm()
    ->action(function (Post $record): void {
        $record->approve();
    })
```

## Customizing the modal's heading, description, and submit action label

You may customize the heading, description and label of the submit button in the modal:

```php
use App\Models\Post;

Action::make('delete')
    ->action(fn (Post $record) => $record->delete())
    ->requiresConfirmation()
    ->modalHeading('Delete post')
    ->modalDescription('Are you sure you\'d like to delete this post? This cannot be undone.')
    ->modalSubmitActionLabel('Yes, delete it')
```

<AutoScreenshot name="actions/modal/confirmation-custom-text" alt="Confirmation modal with custom text" version="3.x" />

## Adding an icon inside the modal

You may add an [icon](https://blade-ui-kit.com/blade-icons?set=1#search) inside the modal using the `modalIcon()` method:

```php
use App\Models\Post;

Action::make('delete')
    ->action(fn (Post $record) => $record->delete())
    ->requiresConfirmation()
    ->modalIcon('heroicon-o-trash')
```

<AutoScreenshot name="actions/modal/icon" alt="Confirmation modal with icon" version="3.x" />

By default, the icon will inherit the color of the action button. You may customize the color of the icon using the `modalIconColor()` method:

```php
use App\Models\Post;

Action::make('delete')
    ->action(fn (Post $record) => $record->delete())
    ->requiresConfirmation()
    ->color('danger')
    ->modalIcon('heroicon-o-trash')
    ->modalIconColor('warning')
```

## Customizing the alignment of modal content

By default, modal content will be aligned to the start, or centered if the modal is `xs` or `sm` in [width](#changing-the-modal-width). If you wish to change the alignment of content in a modal, you can use the `modalAlignment()` method and pass it `Alignment::Start` or `Alignment::Center`:

```php
use Filament\Support\Enums\Alignment;

Action::make('updateAuthor')
    ->form([
        // ...
    ])
    ->action(function (array $data): void {
        // ...
    })
    ->modalAlignment(Alignment::Center)
```

## Custom modal content

You may define custom content to be rendered inside your modal, which you can specify by passing a Blade view into the `modalContent()` method:

```php
use App\Models\Post;

Action::make('advance')
    ->action(fn (Post $record) => $record->advance())
    ->modalContent(view('filament.pages.actions.advance'))
```

### Passing data to the custom modal content

You can pass data to the view by returning it from a function. For example, if the `$record` of an action is set, you can pass that through to the view:

```php
use Illuminate\Contracts\View\View;

Action::make('advance')
    ->action(fn (Contract $record) => $record->advance())
    ->modalContent(fn (Contract $record): View => view(
        'filament.pages.actions.advance',
        ['record' => $record],
    ))
```

### Adding custom modal content below the form

By default, the custom content is displayed above the modal form if there is one, but you can add content below using `modalContentFooter()` if you wish:

```php
use App\Models\Post;

Action::make('advance')
    ->action(fn (Post $record) => $record->advance())
    ->modalContentFooter(view('filament.pages.actions.advance'))
```

### Adding an action to custom modal content

You can add an action button to your custom modal content, which is useful if you want to add a button that performs an action other than the main action. You can do this by registering an action with the `registerModalActions()` method, and then passing it to the view:

```php
use App\Models\Post;
use Illuminate\Contracts\View\View;

Action::make('advance')
    ->registerModalActions([
        Action::make('report')
            ->requiresConfirmation()
            ->action(fn (Post $record) => $record->report()),
    ])
    ->action(fn (Post $record) => $record->advance())
    ->modalContent(fn (Action $action): View => view(
        'filament.pages.actions.advance',
        ['action' => $action],
    ))
```

Now, in the view file, you can render the action button by calling `getModalAction()`:

```blade
<div>
    {{ $action->getModalAction('report') }}
</div>
```

## Using a slide-over instead of a modal

You can open a "slide-over" dialog instead of a modal by using the `slideOver()` method:

```php
Action::make('updateAuthor')
    ->form([
        // ...
    ])
    ->action(function (array $data): void {
        // ...
    })
    ->slideOver()
```

<AutoScreenshot name="actions/modal/slide-over" alt="Slide over with form" version="3.x" />

Instead of opening in the center of the screen, the modal content will now slide in from the right and consume the entire height of the browser.

## Making the modal header sticky

The header of a modal scrolls out of view with the modal content when it overflows the modal size. However, slide-overs have a sticky header that's always visible. You may control this behavior using `stickyModalHeader()`:

```php
Action::make('updateAuthor')
    ->form([
        // ...
    ])
    ->action(function (array $data): void {
        // ...
    })
    ->stickyModalHeader()
```

## Making the modal footer sticky

The footer of a modal is rendered inline after the content by default. Slide-overs, however, have a sticky footer that always shows when scrolling the content. You may enable this for a modal too using `stickyModalFooter()`:

```php
Action::make('updateAuthor')
    ->form([
        // ...
    ])
    ->action(function (array $data): void {
        // ...
    })
    ->stickyModalFooter()
```

## Changing the modal width

You can change the width of the modal by using the `modalWidth()` method. Options correspond to [Tailwind's max-width scale](https://tailwindcss.com/docs/max-width). The options are `ExtraSmall`, `Small`, `Medium`, `Large`, `ExtraLarge`, `TwoExtraLarge`, `ThreeExtraLarge`, `FourExtraLarge`, `FiveExtraLarge`, `SixExtraLarge`, `SevenExtraLarge`, and `Screen`:

```php
use Filament\Support\Enums\MaxWidth;

Action::make('updateAuthor')
    ->form([
        // ...
    ])
    ->action(function (array $data): void {
        // ...
    })
    ->modalWidth(MaxWidth::FiveExtraLarge)
```

## Executing code when the modal opens

You may execute code within a closure when the modal opens, by passing it to the `mountUsing()` method:

```php
use Filament\Forms\Form;

Action::make('create')
    ->mountUsing(function (Form $form) {
        $form->fill();

        // ...
    })
```

> The `mountUsing()` method, by default, is used by Filament to initialize the [form](#modal-forms). If you override this method, you will need to call `$form->fill()` to ensure the form is initialized correctly. If you wish to populate the form with data, you can do so by passing an array to the `fill()` method, instead of [using `fillForm()` on the action itself](#filling-the-form-with-existing-data).

## Customizing the action buttons in the footer of the modal

By default, there are two actions in the footer of a modal. The first is a button to submit, which executes the `action()`. The second button closes the modal and cancels the action.

### Modifying a default modal footer action button

To modify the action instance that is used to render one of the default action buttons, you may pass a closure to the `modalSubmitAction()` and `modalCancelAction()` methods:

```php
use Filament\Actions\StaticAction;

Action::make('help')
    ->modalContent(view('actions.help'))
    ->modalCancelAction(fn (StaticAction $action) => $action->label('Close'))
```

The [methods available to customize trigger buttons](trigger-button) will work to modify the `$action` instance inside the closure.

### Removing a default modal footer action button

To remove a default action, you may pass `false` to either `modalSubmitAction()` or `modalCancelAction()`:

```php
Action::make('help')
    ->modalContent(view('actions.help'))
    ->modalSubmitAction(false)
```

### Adding an extra modal action button to the footer

You may pass an array of extra actions to be rendered, between the default actions, in the footer of the modal using the `extraModalFooterActions()` method:

```php
Action::make('create')
    ->form([
        // ...
    ])
    // ...
    ->extraModalFooterActions(fn (Action $action): array => [
        $action->makeModalSubmitAction('createAnother', arguments: ['another' => true]),
    ])
```

`$action->makeModalSubmitAction()` returns an action instance that can be customized using the [methods available to customize trigger buttons](trigger-button).

The second parameter of `makeModalSubmitAction()` allows you to pass an array of arguments that will be accessible inside the action's `action()` closure as `$arguments`. These could be useful as flags to indicate that the action should behave differently based on the user's decision:

```php
Action::make('create')
    ->form([
        // ...
    ])
    // ...
    ->extraModalFooterActions(fn (Action $action): array => [
        $action->makeModalSubmitAction('createAnother', arguments: ['another' => true]),
    ])
    ->action(function (array $data, array $arguments): void {
        // Create

        if ($arguments['another'] ?? false) {
            // Reset the form and don't close the modal
        }
    })
```

#### Opening another modal from an extra footer action

You can nest actions within each other, allowing you to open a new modal from an extra footer action:

```php
Action::make('edit')
    // ...
    ->extraModalFooterActions([
        Action::make('delete')
            ->requiresConfirmation()
            ->action(function () {
                // ...
            }),
    ])
```

Now, the edit modal will have a "Delete" button in the footer, which will open a confirmation modal when clicked. This action is completely independent of the `edit` action, and will not run the `edit` action when it is clicked.

In this example though, you probably want to cancel the `edit` action if the `delete` action is run. You can do this using the `cancelParentActions()` method:

```php
Action::make('delete')
    ->requiresConfirmation()
    ->action(function () {
        // ...
    })
    ->cancelParentActions()
```

If you have deep nesting with multiple parent actions, but you don't want to cancel all of them, you can pass the name of the parent action you want to cancel, including its children, to `cancelParentActions()`:

```php
Action::make('first')
    ->requiresConfirmation()
    ->action(function () {
        // ...
    })
    ->extraModalFooterActions([
        Action::make('second')
            ->requiresConfirmation()
            ->action(function () {
                // ...
            })
            ->extraModalFooterActions([
                Action::make('third')
                    ->requiresConfirmation()
                    ->action(function () {
                        // ...
                    })
                    ->extraModalFooterActions([
                        Action::make('fourth')
                            ->requiresConfirmation()
                            ->action(function () {
                                // ...
                            })
                            ->cancelParentActions('second'),
                    ]),
            ]),
    ])
```

In this example, if the `fourth` action is run, the `second` action is canceled, but so is the `third` action since it is a child of `second`. The `first` action is not canceled, however, since it is the parent of `second`. The `first` action's modal will remain open.

## Closing the modal by clicking away

By default, when you click away from a modal, it will close itself. If you wish to disable this behavior for a specific action, you can use the `closeModalByClickingAway(false)` method:

```php
Action::make('updateAuthor')
    ->form([
        // ...
    ])
    ->action(function (array $data): void {
        // ...
    })
    ->closeModalByClickingAway(false)
```

If you'd like to change the behaviour for all modals in the application, you can do so by calling `Modal::closedByClickingAway()` inside a service provider or middleware:

```php
use Filament\Support\View\Components\Modal;

Modal::closedByClickingAway(false);
```

## Hiding the modal close button

By default, modals have a close button in the top right corner. If you wish to hide the close button, you can use the `modalCloseButton(false)` method:

```php
Action::make('updateAuthor')
    ->form([
        // ...
    ])
    ->action(function (array $data): void {
        // ...
    })
    ->modalCloseButton(false)
```

If you'd like to hide the close button for all modals in the application, you can do so by calling `Modal::closeButton(false)` inside a service provider or middleware:

```php
use Filament\Support\View\Components\Modal;

Modal::closeButton(false);
```

## Optimizing modal configuration methods

When you use database queries or other heavy operations inside modal configuration methods like `modalHeading()`, they can be executed more than once. This is because Filament uses these methods to decide whether to render the modal or not, and also to render the modal's content.

To skip the check that Filament does to decide whether to render the modal, you can use the `modal()` method, which will inform Filament that the modal exists for this action and it does not need to check again:

```php
Action::make('updateAuthor')
    ->modal()
```

## Conditionally hiding the modal

You may have a need to conditionally show a modal for confirmation reasons while falling back to the default action. This can be achieved using `modalHidden()`:

```php
Action::make('create')
    ->action(function (array $data): void {
        // ...
    })
    ->modalHidden(fn (): bool => $this->role !== 'admin')
    ->modalContent(view('filament.pages.actions.create'))
```

## Adding extra attributes to the modal window

You may also pass extra HTML attributes to the modal window using `extraModalWindowAttributes()`:

```php
Action::make('updateAuthor')
    ->extraModalWindowAttributes(['class' => 'update-author-modal'])
```
