Drupal 8 Title tag - head-placeholder

Question

I am using a custom theme with Stable as a base.

I am trying to figure out how to set the <title> tag and I'm having a hard time.

I noticed in html.html.twig there is the following:

<head-placeholder token="{{ placeholder_token|raw }}">

How does the page title find it's way into the above?

Sure, but at the moment it's a mystery. I can't figure out how to set the title tag of my site's front page. How do you use this magic? — Raphael Rafatpanah, Commented Jul 3, 2017 at 14:30
Where and how do you want to set the title? The title is functionality, defined by the route/controller of the request and should automatically be added to the page. Why would you want to change that from your theme? — Berdir, Commented Jul 3, 2017 at 20:35

Raphael Rafatpanah · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-03 15:33:05Z

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I found a way but I'm not sure if it's ideal:

function THEME_preprocess_html(&$variables) {
  $variables['head_title']['title'] = 'title here';
}

Logic can be added for each page:

$path = $current_path = \Drupal::service('path.current')->getPath();
if ($path === '...')

Then, in html.html.twig:

<title>{{ head_title.title }}</title>

instead of

<title>{{ head_title|safe_join(' | ') }}</title>

answered Jul 3, 2017 at 15:33

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