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I am formatting the user profile page in Drupal 8.9.2.

Are tokens available for the user being viewed (in user profile page), to display the user information?

I am using the Token and the Token Filter modules for this. (edited: 8:44 AM 10 Sep 20)

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    For example, you're on a user page, e.g. /user/123, and you want to display information about the user with id 123 somewhere on the page via a token?
    – sonfd
    Sep 9, 2020 at 12:26
  • @sonfd: Exactly. For example consider a user field First Name, when I use the token available for user, in my case [user:field_fir] it does not work. I can see that it requires context but I am unable to find how to do it.
    – Shekhar Malhotra
    Sep 10, 2020 at 0:38
  • @sonfd Can you help me?
    – Shekhar Malhotra
    Sep 11, 2020 at 12:07
  • You seem to have the format correct, it should be something like [user:field_custom]. Ca you please update your question with more information around how you're using these tokens. Where are you placing them? Do other tokens work in the same place?
    – sonfd
    Sep 11, 2020 at 12:25
  • @sonfd I have created some user fields. Two of them are- (1) Qualifications (2) Registration no. Then, I created a custom block with token values. Qualifications: [user:field_qualifications] Text value: [user:field_qualifications:value] Registration no.: [user:field_registration_no_] Text value: [user:field_registration_no_:value] Then, I went to Configuration > People > Account settings > Manage Display > User Account > Manage Layout Then, I placed this custom block in a column. But, this is not working.
    – Shekhar Malhotra
    Sep 11, 2020 at 12:51

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I have solved the problem this way.
(1) I created a View to show desired user information.
(2) Then, I added a 'Contextual filter' to point to the user being viewed. (with the options "User ID > Provide default value > Type: User ID from route context")
(3) Then, I selected 'REWRITE RESULTS' and "Override the output of this field with custom text". As a result replacement tokens become available for user fields. I used that for formatting the Information according to the requirement.
Then, I placed this View block at the desired place.

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