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I'm creating a Drupal 8 theme. I have overriden the menu.html.twig... and I need to add an image to the first menu item.

In the page.html.twig I have used {{ base_path ~ directory }} to get the url of image like this:

<img class="logo_inder" src="{{ base_path ~ directory }}/img/logo-inder.png" />

But I'm trying to insert an image in themes/(my_theme)/templates/menu.html.twig like this:

<img src="{{ base_path ~ directory }}/img/inicio-icono.png" />

But is in this file, I can't print these variables:

{{ directory }}
{{ base_path }}

or

{{ base_path ~ directory }}

How can I print the base URL for use in my image?

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You can expose the base_path variable to all you templates by implementing hook_preprocess() in your theme .theme file.

e.g.

/**
 * Implements hook_preprocess().
 */
function mytheme_preprocess(array &$variables, $hook) {
  $variables['base_path'] = base_path();
}

where mytheme is the machine name of your theme.

You can use {{ active_theme_path() }} to get the path to the active theme.

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  • Thank you... the active_theme_path() worked perfectly to print yhe path of the active theme But the base_path didnt work... it is not printing anything... I rebuilded cache .... Do you know why drupal doesnt have this "base_path" variable by default in all the *.html.twig files under the template folder in themes? it should be a nice improvement... how can we suggest that? Aug 24, 2016 at 22:11
  • To suggest new things or report bugs just open a new issue on drupal.org for the Drupal project. The preprocess hook works, are you sure you named it correctly after your theme?
    – zerolab
    Aug 25, 2016 at 8:26
  • I'm trying to print it using the tag {{ base_path }} but is not working... that could be the mistake? I also tried to implement it in the function. "mytheme_preprocess_menu(&$variables, $hook, $info) " but still not working Aug 25, 2016 at 19:08
  • I'm afraid I cannot help without more background information. if your theme is called my_theme then the function should be my_theme_preprocess_menu() and for my example my_theme_preprocess(). We use this method to expose the variable everywhere and it works
    – zerolab
    Aug 26, 2016 at 11:59
  • thanks for your help... I have a clue about my problem... If I use the base_path before the macro... it prints the value of the base path... {{ base_path }} {% macro menu_links(items, attributes, menu_level, base_path) %} but if I print it after the macro... it doesnt print anything! {% macro menu_links(items, attributes, menu_level, base_path) %} {{ base_path }} Sep 13, 2016 at 19:13

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