Make text column description() searchable -- descriptionSearchable()

[bensondevs]

Sometimes you want to put some attribute under one another and let it be a description. But there is an issue with this.. The attribute that becomes the description is no longer searchable. The way we "hack" filament table to be able to search to the description is by doing such thing:

1. Putting the email as description
2. Keep having the email table column but hidden

Tables\Columns\TextColumn::make('name')
    ->description(fn (LeadCapture $record) => $record->email)
    ->searchable(),
Tables\Columns\TextColumn::make('email')
    ->searchable()
    ->hidden(),

Can it be like:

Tables\Columns\TextColumn::make('name')
    ->description(fn (LeadCapture $record) => $record->email)
    ->searchable()
    ->descriptionSearchable() // Powerful method call
    ->descriptionSearchableUsing(
        fn (Builder $query, ?string $search) => $query->where('email', 'LIKE', "%$search%"),
    ),

This will surely make the syntax more readable and easier to maintain

[dissto]

Not sure if I understand correctly, but can you now just pass an array of columns to be searched to the ->searchable aka

Tables\Columns\TextColumn::make('name')
    ->description(fn (LeadCapture $record) => $record->email)
    ->searchable(['name', 'email']),

🤔

[bensondevs]

@dissto your point makes sense, my idea should get dissolved now