Show/Hide Columns and Fields Based on Role

Often, a project requires hiding fields based on roles. This typically can be done in a few ways:

• Using authorization rules
• Using if conditions
• Using Policies

But with Filament, things are different. Filament can't accept the conditions around the fields. But what it can do - hide fields, sections using ->hidden() method:

Forms\Components\Section::make('Employee Information')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
    ->hidden(auth()->user()->role == 'Admin'),

This has the same access limitation as the if condition but in the Filament way. Let's look at an example using Roles:

Forms\Components\Section::make('Employee Information')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
    ->hidden(auth()->user()->role->name !== 'Admin'),

This, of course, can be done on fields as well:

Forms\Components\TextField::make('name')
    ->hidden(auth()->user()->role->name !== 'Admin'),

Or even on the Table:

Tables\Columns\TextColumn::make('employee.name')
    ->hidden(auth()->user()->role->name !== 'Admin'),

Last, this is not limited to a single condition. We can use complex conditions using a callback:

Forms\Components\TextField::make('name')
    ->hidden(function () {
        return auth()->user()->role->name !== 'Admin' && auth()->user()->role->name !== 'Manager';
    }),

Or, we can even do the opposite - a ->visible() with the reverse condition:

Tables\Columns\TextColumn::make('employee.name')
    ->visible(auth()->user()->role->name === 'Admin'),

Most importantly, your check should always return a bool (true/false) value. Once you have that, you can hide fields based on your desired condition.

This example is based on our Customer Management CRM