Ignore 'not empty' validation when updating a record

[Ali1]

notEmpty is useful on the user side so that when a field is shown to the user, it must be filled.

However on the admin panel, when you are updating a record, there is no way to select which fields are shown and so the admin who may be intending to modify a single field has to then populate all of the notEmpty fields too before s/he can save.

I think we should be more relaxed with validation during record update.

[milesj]

Model validation is handled outside of the admin system though, so this is nothing the plugin can handle.

You can also hide fields in the form. https://github.com/milesj/admin/blob/master/Config/bootstrap.php#L70

[Ali1]

Cheers that hide feature is pretty good! I'll look into artificially grabbing the validation, manipulating it and resetting it if I need anything further. Bye for now mate