> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://filamentphp.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Section

export const AutoScreenshot = ({name, alt, version}) => {
  const [loaded, setLoaded] = useState(false);
  return <div className="not-prose border-standard relative mt-4 min-h-10 rounded-2xl">
      <div className={`absolute inset-0 flex items-center px-3.5 py-3 transition-opacity ${loaded ? 'opacity-0' : 'opacity-100'}`}>
        <svg className="h-4 w-4 animate-spin text-gray-400" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
          <circle className="opacity-25" cx="12" cy="12" r="10" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="4" />
          <path className="opacity-75" fill="currentColor" d="M4 12a8 8 0 018-8V0C5.373 0 0 5.373 0 12h4zm2 5.291A7.962 7.962 0 014 12H0c0 3.042 1.135 5.824 3 7.938l3-2.647z" />
        </svg>
        <span className="ml-2 text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-300">
          Loading preview
        </span>
      </div>

      <img src={`/docs/images/${version}/light/${name}.jpg`} alt={alt} loading="lazy" decoding="async" onLoad={() => setLoaded(true)} className={`rounded-2xl transition-opacity dark:hidden ${loaded ? 'opacity-100' : 'opacity-0'}`} />

      <img src={`/docs/images/${version}/dark/${name}.jpg`} alt={alt} loading="lazy" decoding="async" onLoad={() => setLoaded(true)} className={`hidden rounded-2xl transition-opacity dark:block ${loaded ? 'opacity-100' : 'opacity-0'}`} />
    </div>;
};

export const EditOnGitHub = ({version, path}) => {
  const url = `https://github.com/filamentphp/filament/edit/${version}/${path}`;
  return <div className="not-prose mt-16">
      <a href={url} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" className="inline-flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-gray-500 transition hover:text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-gray-200">
        <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="currentColor" className="h-4 w-4">
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        </svg>
        Edit this page on GitHub
      </a>
    </div>;
};

export const Footer = () => {
  const sponsorsByTier = JSON.parse(`{
  "agency_partner": [
    {
      "name": "Kirschbaum",
      "url": "https://kirschbaumdevelopment.com/solutions/filament-development",
      "filename": "kirschbaum.svg"
    }
  ],
  "gold": [
    {
      "name": "Agiledrop",
      "url": "https://www.agiledrop.com/laravel?utm_source=filament",
      "filename": "agiledrop.svg"
    },
    {
      "name": "Baiz.ai",
      "url": "https://baiz.ai",
      "filename": "baiz-ai.svg"
    },
    {
      "name": "CMS Max",
      "url": "https://cmsmax.com?ref=filamentphp.com",
      "filename": "cms-max.svg"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mailtrap",
      "url": "https://mailtrap.io/email-sending?utm_source=community&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=filament",
      "filename": "mailtrap.svg"
    },
    {
      "name": "SerpApi",
      "url": "https://serpapi.com/?utm_source=filamentphp",
      "filename": "serpapi.svg"
    }
  ]
}`);
  function shuffleArray(items) {
    const result = [...items];
    for (let index = result.length - 1; index > 0; index--) {
      const randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * (index + 1));
      [result[index], result[randomIndex]] = [result[randomIndex], result[index]];
    }
    return result;
  }
  const sponsors = Object.entries(sponsorsByTier).flatMap(([, sponsors]) => shuffleArray(sponsors));
  return <div className="mt-16 flex flex-col gap-4">
      <h2 className="text-center text-2xl font-medium text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-200">
        Sponsored by
      </h2>

      <div className="not-prose flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-5">
        {sponsors.map(sponsor => <a key={sponsor.name} className="footer-sponsor-card" href={sponsor.url} target="_blank" title={sponsor.name}>
            <img src={`/docs/images/sponsors/footer/${sponsor.filename}`} alt={sponsor.name} noZoom />
            <span className="line-pattern-overlay line-pattern-80" />
          </a>)}

        <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/danharrin" target="_blank" className="footer-sponsor-cta">
          <span className="sponsor-cta-content">
            <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round">
              <path d="M5 12h14" />
              <path d="M12 5v14" />
            </svg>
            <span>Your logo here</span>
          </span>
          <span className="line-pattern-overlay line-pattern-60" />
        </a>
      </div>
    </div>;
};

<Warning>
  You are currently viewing the documentation for Filament 3.x, which is a previous version of Filament.

  Looking for the current stable version? Visit the [5.x documentation](/5.x/forms).
</Warning>

## Overview

You may want to separate your fields into sections, each with a heading and description. To do this, you can use a section component:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;

Section::make('Rate limiting')
    ->description('Prevent abuse by limiting the number of requests per period')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
```

<AutoScreenshot name="forms/layout/section/simple" alt="Section" version="3.x" />

You can also use a section without a header, which just wraps the components in a simple card:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;

Section::make()
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
```

<AutoScreenshot name="forms/layout/section/without-header" alt="Section without header" version="3.x" />

## Adding actions to the section's header or footer

Sections can have actions in their [header](#adding-actions-to-the-sections-header) or [footer](#adding-actions-to-the-sections-footer).

### Adding actions to the section's header

You may add [actions](../actions) to the section's header using the `headerActions()` method:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Forms\Components\Actions\Action;
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;

Section::make('Rate limiting')
    ->headerActions([
        Action::make('test')
            ->action(function () {
                // ...
            }),
    ])
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
```

<AutoScreenshot name="forms/layout/section/header/actions" alt="Section with header actions" version="3.x" />

> [Make sure the section has a heading or ID](#adding-actions-to-a-section-without-heading)

### Adding actions to the section's footer

In addition to [header actions](#adding-an-icon-to-the-sections-header), you may add [actions](../actions) to the section's footer using the `footerActions()` method:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Forms\Components\Actions\Action;
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;

Section::make('Rate limiting')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
    ->footerActions([
        Action::make('test')
            ->action(function () {
                // ...
            }),
    ])
```

<AutoScreenshot name="forms/layout/section/footer/actions" alt="Section with footer actions" version="3.x" />

> [Make sure the section has a heading or ID](#adding-actions-to-a-section-without-heading)

#### Aligning section footer actions

Footer actions are aligned to the inline start by default. You may customize the alignment using the `footerActionsAlignment()` method:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Forms\Components\Actions\Action;
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;
use Filament\Support\Enums\Alignment;

Section::make('Rate limiting')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
    ->footerActions([
        Action::make('test')
            ->action(function () {
                // ...
            }),
    ])
    ->footerActionsAlignment(Alignment::End)
```

### Adding actions to a section without heading

If your section does not have a heading, Filament has no way of locating the action inside it. In this case, you must pass a unique `id()` to the section:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;

Section::make()
    ->id('rateLimitingSection')
    ->headerActions([
        // ...
    ])
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
```

## Adding an icon to the section's header

You may add an [icon](https://blade-ui-kit.com/blade-icons?set=1#search) to the section's header using the `icon()` method:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;

Section::make('Cart')
    ->description('The items you have selected for purchase')
    ->icon('heroicon-m-shopping-bag')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
```

<AutoScreenshot name="forms/layout/section/icons" alt="Section with icon" version="3.x" />

## Positioning the heading and description aside

You may use the `aside()` to align heading & description on the left, and the form components inside a card on the right:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;

Section::make('Rate limiting')
    ->description('Prevent abuse by limiting the number of requests per period')
    ->aside()
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
```

<AutoScreenshot name="forms/layout/section/aside" alt="Section with heading and description aside" version="3.x" />

## Collapsing sections

Sections may be `collapsible()` to optionally hide content in long forms:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;

Section::make('Cart')
    ->description('The items you have selected for purchase')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
    ->collapsible()
```

Your sections may be `collapsed()` by default:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;

Section::make('Cart')
    ->description('The items you have selected for purchase')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
    ->collapsed()
```

<AutoScreenshot name="forms/layout/section/collapsed" alt="Collapsed section" version="3.x" />

### Persisting collapsed sections

You can persist whether a section is collapsed in local storage using the `persistCollapsed()` method, so it will remain collapsed when the user refreshes the page:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Infolists\Components\Section;

Section::make('Cart')
    ->description('The items you have selected for purchase')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
    ->collapsible()
    ->persistCollapsed()
```

To persist the collapse state, the local storage needs a unique ID to store the state. This ID is generated based on the heading of the section. If your section does not have a heading, or if you have multiple sections with the same heading that you do not want to collapse together, you can manually specify the `id()` of that section to prevent an ID conflict:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Infolists\Components\Section;

Section::make('Cart')
    ->description('The items you have selected for purchase')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
    ->collapsible()
    ->persistCollapsed()
    ->id('order-cart')
```

## Compact section styling

When nesting sections, you can use a more compact styling:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;

Section::make('Rate limiting')
    ->description('Prevent abuse by limiting the number of requests per period')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
    ->compact()
```

<AutoScreenshot name="forms/layout/section/compact" alt="Compact section" version="3.x" />

## Using grid columns within a section

You may use the `columns()` method to easily create a [grid](./grid) within the section:

```php theme={"theme":"gruvbox-dark-hard"}
use Filament\Forms\Components\Section;

Section::make('Heading')
    ->schema([
        // ...
    ])
    ->columns(2)
```

<EditOnGitHub version="3.x" path="packages/forms/docs/04-layout/06-section.md" />

<Footer />