In this episode, we focus on letting users update the title and description for each upload—basically setting up an editing form for every video that’s about to be uploaded. We start by building out the form interface right next to where we’ll show the upload progress, splitting the UI into two columns for clarity.
We make use of Laravel Breeze’s existing input components to speed things along, and create a custom textarea component for the description since Breeze doesn’t come with one out of the box. Inputs are wired up to a useForm
instance from Inertia to keep everything reactive and easy to manage, and we make sure to pull in any validation errors nicely so users see instant feedback when there’s a problem with what they type.
Saving these details is done with an Inertia PATCH request, and we make sure the page state is preserved so nothing jumps around while you’re editing upload details. The episode also covers adding a confirmation message that pops up when the update is successful and then disappears after a couple of seconds (using the recentlySuccessful
helper).
We finish up by testing everything with multiple uploads to make sure the update process works nicely and doesn’t interfere with uploading or the rest of the UI. The actual file upload process comes next, but now we’ve got a solid, user-friendly way to update video details in place!