Filament Link Picker Laravel Package

Product Decisions This Supports

• Build vs. buy for link-selection UI: Avoid custom-building an internal/external link picker inside Filament admin panels; adopt a focused field component instead.
• Roadmap for content and navigation management: Supports CMS-style resources, menu builders, landing-page editors, campaign link fields, and cross-resource linking where editors need to choose Laravel routes or external URLs.
• Deep-link and anchor UX decisions: v2.2.0 fixes anchor tags not appearing in routes, making in-page navigation and section-level linking viable for editor workflows.
• External-link behavior policy: The new defaultNewTab option lets product teams define default new-tab behavior for external links without custom code, supporting consistency and accessibility/security review.
• Feature prioritization: Useful when link selection is table stakes but not a differentiator; frees engineering time for higher-value product work.

When to Consider This Package

• You are building a Filament-based Laravel admin panel and need a form field for selecting internal routes and external URLs.
• Editors need anchor support for deep links, or you want configurable default new-tab behavior for external links.
• You prefer a small, focused community package over maintaining an in-house link picker.
• You can accept normal open-source maintenance and compatibility risk, and you will pin/test versions during upgrades.

Look elsewhere if you are not using Filament, need complex link modeling (polymorphic relationships, localization, per-link permissions, analytics), require enterprise support/SLA, or need a full CMS link-management system rather than a form component.

How to Pitch It (Stakeholders)

• Executives: This package accelerates delivery of admin content-editing workflows by replacing custom link-picker code with a focused, low-cost component. The v2.2.0 release is a minor, non-breaking update that improves correctness for anchor links and adds configurable external-link behavior.
• Engineering: It is a drop-in Filament field that handles internal route selection and external URLs, with anchor support fixed in v2.2.0 and a new defaultNewTab option for external links. Low integration surface; standard dependency risk.
• Product: Enables editors to create reliable deep links and consistent external-link behavior, supporting navigation, content linking, and CMS roadmap items without bespoke UI work.