Read-only date fields show current date in edit screen

[unlikenesses]

• Laravel Version: 6.0.2
• Nova Version: 2.2.0
• PHP Version: 7.2

Description

I have a resource with a nullable read-only datetime field:

public function fields(Request $request)
{
    return [
        DateTime::make('foobar')->nullable()->readonly(),
    ];
}

When I click "View" on a row which has a null value for foobar, it correctly shows a dash for that field. But when I click "Edit" on the same row, the field is apparently populated with the current date/time. It's not really populated with it, since when you update it correctly does not fill it in. But the appearance is still confusing.

[jbrooksuk]

What you're seeing there is the placeholder value, not an actual value. If the field is nullable and readonly we could hide the placeholder. Alternatively, if the field is readonly, maybe you could hide it from forms?

[unlikenesses]

Is there a way to hide it from the edit screen but not from the view screen? That would be a good temporary solution.

[jbrooksuk]

Yep! See the Fields docs.

[jbrooksuk]

I'm inclined to close this as "no bug". It's a placeholder that you're seeing and you have the option to hide it.