ViewComposer not working with Dashboard template per documentation.

[selected-pixel-jameson]

I'm attempting to register a View Composer for the Laravel Backpack libraries dashboard template, which is located at resources/views/vendor/backpack/base/dashboard.blade.php within my project.

I'm doing so via

View::composer(
   'vendor.backpack.base.dashboard', 'App\Http\View\Composers\DashboardComposer'
);

I know that the Composer is working correctly, because if I change the template to

View::composer(
   '*', 'App\Http\View\Composers\DashboardComposer'
);

the dashboard page loads correctly with the variable I'm setting in the composer.

I've tested to see if the view reference is correct by using

if (View::exists('vendor.backpack.base.dashboard')) {
    //
}

which returns successfully.

I'm registering my provider, App\Providers\ViewServiceProvider::class, within the config as the very last provider.

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LARAVEL VERSION:

laravel/framework v5.8.35 The Laravel Framework.

BACKPACK VERSION:

backpack/crud 4.0.23 Quickly build an admin interfaces using Laravel 6, CoreUI, Boostrap 4 and jQuery. backpack/generators 2.0.5 Generate files for laravel projects

[pxpm]

Hello @selected-pixel-jameson

I think this is not related to backpack, you should have a look at views from packages in laravel. overriding package views

To correct your problem you should use the view path as follow: (not necessarily use it as callback if you have some file that is the view composer):

View::composer('backpack::dashboard', function ($view) {
            return $view->with('test','test');
        });

For future reference this kind of questions should be asked in other channels like gitter or stackoverflow. We keep github for bugs/features.

Best, Pedro

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