Field list

• text (input field)

  $form->add('title','Title', 'text'); //field name, label, type

• checkbox, usually used to work with a boolean 0-1 value, but it can be configured on different values (to be usable also for enum fields)

 $edit->add('public','Public','checkbox');

• checkboxgroup (checkbox list), usually using relation.fieldname to store values in a pivot table, for a belongsTo relation

$edit->add('categories','Categories','checkboxgroup')
     ->options(Category::lists("name", "category_id"));

• radiogroup, as checkboxgroup you can use option, options() to fill values

 $edit->add('gender','Gender','radiogroup')
->option('F','Female')->option('M','Male');

• textarea (textarea field)

  $form->add('body','Body', 'textarea')->rule('required'); //validation

• redactor (textarea rendered as wysiwyg via redactor mit lic. version 7.6.1 old but good)

   $form->add('body','Body', 'redactor'); 

• file upload field, use move(path, [filename]) to change filename and destination

$edit->add('download','Attachment', 'file')->rule('mimes:pdf')->move('uploads/pdf/');

• image (file field with some image utils bundled using intervention image: preview, resize, crop, ...

   $form->add('photo','Photo', 'image')->move('uploads/images/')->preview(80,80);

• autocomplete (input field with autocomplete feature using twitter typeahead and ajax features using relation.fieldname and search() method

   $form->add('author.fullname','Author','autocomplete')
        ->search(array('firstname','lastname'));

• tags (input field with multiple autocomplete feature, using twitter typeahead and TagsInput

   $form->add('categories.name','Categories','tags'); 

• colorpicker (input field with colorpicker for hex values bootstrap-colorpicker)

   $form->add('color','Color','colorpicker'); 

• date: simple date field (https://github.com/eternicode/bootstrap-datepicker/) it support many locale (ie: 'it','en','de' complete list), and some format (ie: 'm/d/Y', 'd.m.Y', etc. you can use only "m","d","Y" for now).

  $form->add('publication_date','pub. date','daterange')->format('d/m/Y', 'it');

• daterange: two date field that works together to make a WHERE BETWEEN, to be used on filters. it support some local & format like date field

  $filter->add('publication_date','pub. date','daterange')->format('d/m/Y', 'it');

• auto: a simple way to pass values to your model without output, you must use insertValue() and/or updateValue()

  $filter->add('myfield','','auto')->insertValue('myvalue');
  $filter->add('anotherfield','','auto')->updateValue('anothervalue');