Custom Form Layout

There is not only {{ $form }} to show a form, if you need to customize something: wrap fields, grouping elements etc.. Simply call build method:

    ...
    $form->build();
    view('article', compact('form'))

then in the view you can use something like this:

   #article.blade.php
    {!! $form->header !!}

        {!! $form->message !!} <br />

        @if(!$form->message)
        
           <div class="row">
                <div class="col-sm-4">
                     {!! $form->render('title') !!}
                </div>
                <div class="col-sm-8">
                    {!! $form->render('body') !!}
                </div>
            </div> 
            ...
            
        @endif

    {!! $form->footer !!}

Attribute or method	Output or content
$form->header	form open and header buttons
$form->footer	footer buttons and form close
$form->message	show if present a succes/confirmation message
$form->fields	array of fields (to do a @foreach)
$form->field('fieldname')	field instance, used without property it show field output
$form->render('fieldname')	build entire field in a single call (label, field, errors)
$form->error	error string containing all errors
..field('fieldname')->messages	array of error messages for current field
..field('fieldname')->message	string with all error messages for current field
..field('fieldname')->has_error	bool, true if field is not valid for current rule
$form->open	form open (it's contained in "header")
$form->close	form close (it's contained in "footer")
$form->button_container	array of buttons (it's contained in both header & footer)

A full demo http://www.rapyd.com/rapyd-demo/styledform