How can menu tabs be relocated to another region?

Question

I want to move menu tabs to occur in the main menu region instead of immediately above the content. I cannot identify a block that contains them. Is there a module, template location or a hook for controlling their display?

Answer 1

"I cannot identify a block that contains them." There is not a block that contains these. In Drupal 7, these tabs are a variable called $tabs found in /modules/system/page.tpl.php.

You could suppress these tabs by overriding page.tpl.php in your theme.

To put them in another region, you could:

1. Implement hook_preprocess_page(&$variables, $hook) in your theme's template.php or in a custom module.
2. Copy the contents of the $variables['tabs'] array key into another region.

Answer 2

If you want them in a block so you can easily place them using the UI, you can use the Local Tasks block or Omega Tools (Sub module called Delta Blocks) or Blockify modules.

Answer 3

They are in the $tabs variable that's available to page.tpl.php so changing where it's printing them is the quickest way.

Answer 4

I found another way as well. The breadcrumbs can be placed in a panel. I am creating a site using the Panels Everywhere module and have bypassed the standard theming process using page.tpl.php which gives me a clean slate to work from and have created a mini panel that contains my main menu, breadcrumbs and menu tabs in one package.