Remove Administration Theme from user/%/edit

Question

I want the administration theme for all the default pages, except one: /user/%/edit

How do I get the default theme to display for this page instead of the administration theme?

Answer 1

For Drupal 7 you can use Administration theme or hook_admin_paths_alter() in your custom module.

/**
 * Implements hook_admin_paths_alter().
 */
function my_module_admin_paths_alter(&$paths) {
  $paths['user/*/edit'] = FALSE;
}

For Drupal 8, see https://www.drupal.org/node/2224207.

Answer 2

I believe ThemeKey allows you to control that: https://drupal.org/project/themekey

If that doesn't work, you can force a specific theme for a page using: https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21system%21system.api.php/function/hook_custom_theme/7

Answer 3

For anyone looking for a D8 solution:

Filename: YOUR_MODULE.routing.yml

YOUR_MODULE.user_edit:
  path: '/user/{user}/edit'
  defaults:
    _entity_form: 'user.default'
    _title_callback: 'Drupal\user\Controller\UserController::userTitle'
  requirements:
    _entity_access: user.update
    user: \d+
  options:
    _admin_route: FALSE

Answer 4

In Drupal 10, I managed to disable the admin theme for the user/{user}/edit page, as follows:

1. Create a custom route subscriber in your custom module.

With the following code:

<?php    

namespace Drupal\your_module\EventSubscriber;

use Drupal\Core\Routing\RouteSubscriberBase;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;

/**
 * Route subscriber.
 */
final class RouteSubscriber extends RouteSubscriberBase {

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  protected function alterRoutes(RouteCollection $collection) {

    // Disables the admin theme for user edit page.
    if ($route = $collection->get('entity.user.edit_form')) {
      $route->setOption('_admin_route', FALSE);
    }
  }

}

2. Create or edit the your_module.services.yml file in order to register the route subscriber.

   services:
     your_module.route_subscriber:
       class: Drupal\your_module\EventSubscriber\RouteSubscriber
       tags:
         - { name: event_subscriber }
   

As an alternative you can also patch the core file web/core/modules/user/src/Entity/UserRouteProvider.php or use contrib module to switch theme. See this comment on drupal.org