Checkbox Group Element

A form example demonstrating how to use the CheckboxGroupElement field in VueForm Laravel to create grouped checkbox inputs for selecting multiple options within a Laravel form. Documentation


🧱 Import Class

use VueFormLaravel\Abstracts\VueFormBuilder;
use VueFormLaravel\Elements\Fields\CheckboxgroupElement;
use VueFormLaravel\Elements\Vueform;

🧩 Example

class CheckboxgroupElementForm extends VueFormBuilder
{
    protected function buildForm()
    {
        return Vueform::build()
            ->schema([
                CheckboxgroupElement::name('languages')
                    ->items([
                        ['value' => 'html', 'label' => 'HTML'],
                        ['value' => 'css', 'label' => 'CSS'],
                        ['value' => 'js', 'label' => 'JavaScript']
                    ])
            ]);
    }
}

⚙️ Allowed Attributes

Name Data Type Default Example
addClass array|object|string|function null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->addClass()
addClasses object|function {} CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->addClasses()
after object|string|number null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->after()
before object|string|number null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->before()
between object|string|number null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->between()
clearOnRefetch boolean true CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->clearOnRefetch()
columns object|string|number null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->columns()
conditions array [] CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->conditions()
default array [] CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->default()
description string|object null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->description()
disabled boolean|function|array|object false CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->disabled()
disables array [] CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->disables()
displayErrors boolean true CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->displayErrors()
fieldName string|object name label
formatData function null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->formatData()
formatLoad function null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->formatLoad()
id string null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->id()
info string|object null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->info()
infoPosition string right CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->infoPosition()
inline boolean false CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->inline()
items object|array|function|string {} CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->items()
label string|object|function null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->label()
messages object {} CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->messages()
name string|number undefined CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->name()
overrideClass array|object|string|function null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->overrideClass()
overrideClasses object|function {} CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->overrideClasses()
presets array [] CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->presets()
removeClass array|object|function null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->removeClass()
removeClasses object|function {} CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->removeClasses()
replaceClass object|function null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->replaceClass()
replaceClasses object|function {} CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->replaceClasses()
rules array|string|object null CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->rules()
size string undefined CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->size()
slots object {} CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->slots()
submit boolean true CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->submit()
templates object {} CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->templates()
view string undefined CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->view()
views object {} CheckboxgroupElement::name("name")->views()

⚡ Events

You can define custom checkbox group element events Documentation directly in PHP using the ->events() method.

Each event value refers to a JavaScript function name.

These functions must be defined inside:

public/vueform-laravel/vueform-custom.js

This allows you to extend or override default behaviors for your generated VueForm components

Name Parameters Description
reset - {component} el$ - the element's component Triggered when the input is resetted.
clear - {component} el$ - the element's component Triggered when the input is cleared.
change - {string} newValue - the new value
- {string} oldValue - the old value
- {component} el$ - the element's component
Triggered when the element's value is changed.
beforeCreate - {component} el$ - the element's component Triggered in beforeCreate hook.
created - {component} el$ - the element's component Triggered in created hook.
beforeMount - {component} el$ - the element's component Triggered in beforeMount hook.
mounted - {component} el$ - the element's component Triggered in mounted hook.
beforeUpdate - {component} el$ - the element's component Triggered in beforeUpdate hook.
updated - {component} el$ - the element's component Triggered in updated hook.
beforeUnmount - {component} el$ - the element's component Triggered in beforeUnmount (or beforeDestroy in Vue 2) hook.
unmounted - {component} el$ - the element's component Triggered in unmounted (or destroyed in Vue 2) hook.

🔔 Example Usage of event (PHP)

CheckboxgroupElement::name('example')
    ->events([
        'reset' => 'handleReset',
        'clear' => 'handleClear',
        'change' => 'handleChange',
        'beforeCreate' => 'handleBeforeCreate',
        'created' => 'handleCreated',
        'beforeMount' => 'handleBeforeMount',
        'mounted' => 'handleMounted',
        'beforeUpdate' => 'handleBeforeUpdate',
        'updated' => 'handleUpdated',
        'beforeUnmount' => 'handleBeforeUnmount',
        'unmounted' => 'handleUnmounted',
    ])

🔔 Example Usage of event(JavaScript)

function handleReset(el$) {
    // Your code here
}
function handleClear(el$) {
    // Your code here
}
function handleChange(newValue, oldValue, el$) {
    // Your code here
}
function handleBeforeCreate(el$) {
    // Your code here
}
function handleCreated(el$) {
    // Your code here
}
function handleBeforeMount(el$) {
    // Your code here
}
function handleMounted(el$) {
    // Your code here
}
function handleBeforeUpdate(el$) {
    // Your code here
}
function handleUpdated(el$) {
    // Your code here
}
function handleBeforeUnmount(el$) {
    // Your code here
}
function handleUnmounted(el$) {
    // Your code here
}

⚡ Slots

The following slots Documentation are available for this element:

Name Scope Description
checkbox - {component} el$ - the element's component
- {object} item - the checkbox item
- {string
number} value - the checkbox value
- {object} items - the checkbox items
- {number} index - the index of current checkbox
- {string} id - the id attribute of the checkbox field used by the default template
- {string} name - the name attribute of the checkbox field used by the default template
- {boolean} isDisabled - whether the checkbox is disabled
- {object} classes - an object containing the classes of CheckboxgroupCheckbox component
label - {component} el$ - the element's component Renders a label for the element in ElementLabel component.
info - {component} el$ - the element's component Renders an info icon in ElementInfo component next the the element label. When the icon is hovered it shows the content of this slot. The element needs to have a label to render this.
required -
description - {component} el$ - the element's component Renders description for the element in ElementDescription component.
before - {component} el$ - the element's component Renders an ElementText component before the checkbox group.
between - {component} el$ - the element's component Renders an ElementText component after the checkbox group and before description.
after - {component} el$ - the element's component Renders an ElementText component after the description and error.