Eager loading related model using query scope - laravel

Question

Say I have a model Box which holds many widgets. The widgets can be active or inactive (boolean). The Widget model has a query scope which can filter results:
models/box.php:
class Box extends Eloquent
{
public function widgets()
{
return $this->hasMany('Widget');
}
}
models/widget.php:
class Widget extends Eloquent {
public function box()
{
return $this->belongsTo('Box');
}
public function scopeActive($query)
{
return $query->whereActive(true);
}
}
Query scopes make it easy to get all widgets for a given box:
$box_widgets = Box::find($box_id)->widgets()->active()->get();
// returns an Eloquent\Collection containing a filtered array of widgets
But how can I use scopeActive to eliminate this eager loading with method's conditional function?
$boxes = Box::with(array('widgets', function ($q)
{
$q->active();
}))->get();
It seems like there's probably a shorthand for accessing a relation's scope, something like Box::with('widgets->active') or Box::with('widgets.active') but I haven't been able to find it.

Answer 1

Suppose most of the time you want only active widgets, so I suggest:
public function widgets()
{
return $this->hasMany('Widget')->whereActive(true);
}
public function widgetsDisabled()
{
return $this->hasMany('Widget')->whereActive(false);
}
You can setup up more, for example for loading all at once, like you have now.
Then eager load as easily as that:
Box::with('widgets')... // loads only active