Filament Global Search "In-Place" Actions: Approve and Copy to Clipboard

Filament's global search lets users find records from anywhere in the admin panel. But did you know you can attach action buttons to search results?

Example 1: Approve a User via Livewire Event

Sometimes you want to perform a server-side action directly from a search result — like approving a user by setting their email_verified_at timestamp. Since global search actions can't run PHP closures directly, we dispatch a Livewire event to a dedicated component that handles the logic.

Step 1: Enable Global Search on Your Resource

Override getGloballySearchableAttributes() in your UserResource:

protected static ?string $recordTitleAttribute = 'name';
 
public static function getGloballySearchableAttributes(): array
{
    return ['name', 'email'];
}

Step 2: Add the Approve Action

Use dispatchTo() to target a specific...