Prologue

MoonShine Update Guide 2.x → 3.0

Package Update

1. Update composer.json

Change the package version in your composer.json:

{
    "require": {
        "moonshine/moonshine": "^3.0"
    }
}

2. Create Backups

Before updating, you need to back up the following files:

mv config/moonshine.php config/moonshine_old.php
mv app/Providers/MoonShineServiceProvider.php app/Providers/MoonShineServiceProvider_old.php
mv app/MoonShine/Pages/Dashboard.php app/MoonShine/Pages/Dashboard_old.php

These files will be needed for transferring configurations and settings. See the Changelog section.

3. Update Application Configuration

If you have Laravel < 11, you need to find and remove App\Providers\MoonShineServiceProvider::class from the config/app.php configuration.

After running the moonshine:install command, the service provider will be added automatically.

4. Run the Update

composer update

Initial Setup

1. Install the New Version

Run the command:

php artisan moonshine:install

This command will create:

  • A new service provider
  • Updated configuration
  • A new Layout
  • A new Dashboard

2. Migrate Settings

  1. Transfer the parameters from the old config (moonshine_old.php) to the new one. See the documentation on configuration.
  2. The menu structure has changed in the new version:
  • Open app/MoonShine/Layouts/MoonShineLayout.php.
  • Copy the old menu from MoonShineServiceProvider_old.php to the menu method.
  • Remove the heroicons.outline. prefix from icons.
  • Update all resource instances to string classes:
// Was
MenuItem::make('Settings', new SettingResource(), 'heroicons.outline.adjustments-vertical')
 
// Now
MenuItem::make('Settings', SettingResource::class, 'adjustments-vertical')

3. Register Resources and Pages

In the new MoonShineServiceProvider.php, you need to register all resources and pages:

$core->resources([
    MoonShineUserResource::class,
    MoonShineUserRoleResource::class,
    // Add all your resources
]);
 
$core->pages([
    ...$config->getPages(),
    SettingPage::class,
]);

Commands to generate lists:

For importing namespaces:

find app/MoonShine/Resources -type f | sed "s/app/use App/" | sed "s|/|\\\|g" | sed "s/.php/;/" | sort

For the list of resources:

find app/MoonShine/Resources -type f -exec basename {} \; | sed "s/.php/::class,/" | sort

4. Update Dashboard

  • Move required components from Dashboard_old.php to the new Dashboard.php.
  • Take note of the changes in the Changelog section.

5. Remove Old Files

After successful migration, remove:

# Old Layout (if it exists)
rm app/MoonShine/MoonShineLayout.php
 
# Backups of files from 2.x
rm config/moonshine_old.php
rm app/Providers/MoonShineServiceProvider_old.php
rm app/MoonShine/Pages/Dashboard_old.php

Changelog

Namespaces

Main Changes

MoonShine\Resources\ → MoonShine\Laravel\Resources\
MoonShine\Fields\Relationships\ → MoonShine\Laravel\Fields\Relationships\
MoonShine\Fields\Slug → MoonShine\Laravel\Fields\Slug
MoonShine\Fields\ → MoonShine\UI\Fields\
MoonShine\Decorations\Block → MoonShine\UI\Components\Layout\Box
MoonShine\Decorations\ → MoonShine\UI\Components\Layout\*
    (some to MoonShine\UI\Components\, check manually)
MoonShine\Enums\ → MoonShine\Support\Enums\
MoonShine\Pages\ → MoonShine\Laravel\Pages\
MoonShine\Models\ → MoonShine\Laravel\Models\
MoonShine\QueryTags\ → MoonShine\Laravel\QueryTags\
MoonShine\Attributes\ → MoonShine\Support\Attributes\
MoonShine\Components\ → MoonShine\UI\Components\
MoonShine\Metrics\ → MoonShine\UI\Components\Metrics\Wrapped\
MoonShine\ActionButtons\ → MoonShine\UI\Components\
MoonShine\Http\Responses\ → MoonShine\Laravel\Http\Responses\
MoonShine\Http\Controllers\ → MoonShine\Laravel\Http\Controllers\
MoonShine\MoonShineAuth → MoonShine\Laravel\MoonShineAuth

Additional Packages

If needed, install and update namespaces for:

  1. Import/Export:
  • MoonShine\Laravel\Handlers\ExportHandler
  • MoonShine\Laravel\Handlers\ImportHandler
  1. Apexcharts:
  • MoonShine\UI\Components\Metrics\Wrapped\DonutChartMetric
  • MoonShine\UI\Components\Metrics\Wrapped\LineChartMetric
  1. Ace Editor:
  • MoonShine\Fields\Code
  1. EasyMDE:
  • MoonShine\Fields\Markdown
  1. TinyMce:
  • MoonShine\Fields\TinyMce

Methods

Main Changes

  1. Creating instances of resources and pages:
// Was
new NameResource()
 
// Now
// Recommended via DI
// or:
app(NameResource::class)
  1. Method signatures:
// Was
public function components(): array
public function title(): string
public function breadcrumbs(): string
public function rules(Model $item): array
protected function afterUpdated(Model $user): Model
public function detailButtons(): array
public function modifyListComponent(MoonShineRenderable|TableBuilder $table): MoonShineRenderable
$field->getData()
detailPageUrl
MoonShineAuth::guard()
getActiveActions()
 
// Now
protected function components(): iterable
public function getTitle(): string
public function getBreadcrumbs(): string
protected function rules($item): array
protected function afterUpdated($user): Model
public function detailButtons(): ListOf
public function modifyListComponent(ComponentContract $table): ComponentContract
$field->getData()->getOriginal()
getDetailPageUrl
MoonShineAuth::getGuard()
activeActions()
  1. Changes in field methods:
// Was
public function fields(): array
 
// Now
protected function indexFields(): iterable // only accepts fields
protected function detailFields(): iterable
protected function formFields(): iterable
  1. Table attributes:
// New format
TableBuilder::make()
    ->tdAttributes(fn(mixed $data, int $row, TableBuilder $table): array =>
        $row === 3 ? ['class' => 'bgc-yellow'] : []
    )
    ->tdAttributes(fn(mixed $data, int $row, int $cell, TableBuilder $table): array =>
        $cell === 3 ? ['align' => 'right'] : []
    )
  1. Changes in other methods:
  • Helper to_page → toPage
  • Instead of the columnSpan method in components, use the component method Column: Column::make([...])->columnSpan(..)
  • Instead of expansion('url'), use the suffix('url') method

Removed Methods

  1. Field display methods:
  • hideOnIndex, showOnIndex
  • hideOnForm, showOnForm
  • hideOnCreate, showOnCreate
  • hideOnUpdate, showOnUpdate
  • hideOnDetail, showOnDetail
  • hideOnAll
  • hideOnExport, showOnExport
  • useOnImport (use the import-export package)

In the Routes section you can find alternative methods

  1. Helpers:
  • form
  • table
  • actionBtn

Variables

Main Changes

  1. Icons:
  • Remove the heroicons.outline and heroicons.solid prefixes.
  • These icons are now available by default.
  1. Menu:
// Was
MenuItem::make('Settings', new SettingResource(), 'heroicons.outline.adjustments-vertical')
 
// Now
MenuItem::make('Settings', SettingResource::class, 'adjustments-vertical')
  1. Asynchronous events:
// Was
->async(asyncUrl: ..., asyncEvents: ...)
'table-updated-{name}'
 
// Now
->async(url: ..., events: ...)
AlpineJs::event(JsEvent::TABLE_UPDATED, {name})
  1. Sort direction:
// Was
protected string $sortDirection = 'ASC';
 
// Now
protected SortDirection $sortDirection = SortDirection::ASC;
  1. Assets:
// Was
$assets // strings
 
// Now
$assets // accepts AssetElementContract, such as Css, InlineCss, Js, InlineJs
For management, use [AssetManager](/docs/3.x/appearance/assets).

Removed Variables

  • protected bool $isAsync = true; (now enabled by default)