Questions tagged [plugins]
Use it for Drupal 8 plugins; for plugins implemented from the Views module use views, ctools for Chaos tool suite plugins.
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How do i add a background image to a imput submit button in my module?
So i have a input submit button that needs an image.
I've been looking at the module styling documentation where it says i can attach the styling to a render array of a block plugin. What does this ...
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How can I alter the list of available layouts in the Panels IPE?
I'm trying to hide or remove several layouts from the layout selectors, so that users can only select from an approved list. I can do this successfully with hook_form_alter() code, but the Panels IPE ...
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Views row style plugin override not saving in Views UI
In my ongoing journey to create a customized RSS feed in my D8 site, I've finally gotten closest to what I need by using a Feed display in Views. The basic feed is working, but I need to add a couple ...
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How can I programmatically insert content via a script or import instead of through the UI?
I have a custom content type and I now need to create thousands of entries using that type. It would take a very, very long time to go through the interface and add these one by one. I'm hoping there ...
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Drupal 8 change url to absolute
I want to change my all internal url to absolute from relative as of now.
For e.g. my menu link urls are "/about" as so on I want this to be absolute url like xyz.com/about.
How can I do this ?
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How to create my own custom simple action in D8?
I'm creating a view that is used to review migrated content that was flagged for review during the migration process. I want to provide a bulk action on this view that allows the user to select a ...
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Functional test not displaying context aware block
I have a context aware block I've created.
/**
* Provide a context aware block.
*
* @Block(
* id = "my_context_aware_block",
* admin_label = @Translation("My context aware block"),
* ...
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"The 'entity_type:block_content_type' plugin does not exist." Why? How?
My boss and I have inherited a Drupal 8 site from another developer, and every attempt to do database updates or cache rebuilds triggers a fatal exception: ‘The “entity_type:block_content_type" plugin ...
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How do I extend a protected core function? [closed]
In core\modules\menu_link_content\src\Plugin\Menu\MenuLinkContent.php is a protected function getEntity().
I want to "make" this function public. Can I do this by extending the class MenuLinkContent? ...
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Creating field with multiple properties
I am creating a Field plugin, where I have requirement as below
Field name : Question
Properties:
Question Text : String
Question Type : integer (0,1,2)
Question Options : Array of Strings
I ...
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How can I access block metadata from custom plugin instance?
Using the block_example module, I created two instances of the example_configurable_text block in the UI and would like to now access their underlying metadata, specifically uuids. By looking at the ...
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Mapping remote api data to view rows
I created a custom view with fields. I have a client file that pull data from the api, using an endpoint. On my code in the execute method of the view, I have this lines:
public function execute(...
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Debug plugin discovery
A plugin that I have written is not being discovered.
For eg : https://www.drupal.org/node/2847639
Is there a general suggestion for debugging failing plugin discovery?
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How to execute a custom code when a plugin instance is deleted?
I have a custom plugin that implement a context reaction like this:
namespace Drupal\mymodule\Plugin\ContextReaction;
/**
* Provides a context reaction.
*
* @ContextReaction(
* id = "banner",
...
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Display result using execute(ViewExecutable $view)
I wrote code that should display the hard-coded value $name in $row to the view field.
public function execute(ViewExecutable $view) {
$name = 'Jackie Chan';
$index = 0;
...
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Creating custom views query plugin and pull data from CVR
I created a custom views query plugin following this article:
Building Views Plugins for Drupal 8
In my case, I am pulling data from a CVR registers and not Fitbit.
My Goal:
I want to pull data ...
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How do I create a custom plugin?
Basically, I want to port a custom ctools plugin created for content type from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8. This is the code I want to port.
function my_module_ctools_plugin_directory($module, $plugin) {
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How do I inject a dependency into a @FieldType plugin?
I am implementing custom fields in Drupal 8 (types, widgets, formatters).
@FieldType plugins are instantiated by their respective plugin manager (\Drupal\Core\Field\FieldTypePluginManager) which does ...
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Destination fields not filled from custom migration process plugin
I'm working on a D6 -> D8 migration, and my destination has a custom video upload field (field_video_upload) that contains three pieces of data: video, thumbnail, and poster (field_video_upload_video, ...
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Migrating into custom node type with multi value field
I'm doing a migration into D8, and I'm migrating into a custom video player field with multiple values. Here's the schema for the field as defined in its plugin:
public static function schema(...
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Migrate custom source plugin not found
I have a fairly simple D6->D8 migration, and I need a custom source plugin for one of my node migrations. As far as I can tell, I have everything written and structured properly, but when I click on ...
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Need to override single Drupal 8 plugin function
What I want to do is edit what is displayed in the autocomplete/drop selects for an entity reference. Basically instead of just [title] I want to show [title] - [other_distinguishing_field]. I know ...
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in ckeditor plugin, why isn't my getConfig returned array affecting editor?
I'm including the wordcount plugin to CKEditor in D8. I'm including some configuration (maxWordCount) through the configurable interface. The issue I'm having is that no matter what I return from ...
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Allow html tags in Form submit button in block plugin
I'm using a block plugin to render a user specified form. I'm retrieving the form like so:
public function blockSubmit($form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
$this->configuration['template']...
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How to enable IMCE in a field of a custom block
I have module that generates a plugin block with a field of type managed_file.
public function blockForm($form, FormStateInterface $form_state){
$config = $this->getConfiguration();
// ...
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generate multiple custom blocks from a single api call
I have created a custom module that generates a single custom block based on content retrieved from a remote API. The content is currently displayed in a single contiguous block above the main content....
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How to override existing plugin?
Considering Drupal\search_api\Plugin\views\query\SearchApiQuery class, I want to override shouldAbort() method there.
I have tried to create a new plugin class in my custom mod:
namespace Drupal\...
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Adding fields to entity (menu_link_content) form (menu_link_edit)
I have been diving into Drupal 8, it's plugin system and all the new stuff for some days now. I hope that I understood the basics and now I would like to start out with a new module.
The module ...
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entity_get_form_display setComponent throws "plugin does not exist" regardless of type
I'm trying to programmatically add a field to a custom bundle, and have it appear on the custom entity type. I'm using a BaseForm extended class, and have acquired an entityManager elsewhere using ...
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Is it possible to queue up a content block within a plugin block?
I have a plugin block that returns a render array based on taxonomy of the node. I want to make a default custom block appear when there's no taxonomy term selected. I've tried this:
else {
$block =...
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How can I call the javascript plugin
How can I call a JAVASCRIPT plugin in Twig template?
I try to use something like this code in my html.html.twig template, but it seems that this not work correctly:
<script>
$(document)....
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How to add any plugin to ckeditor manually? [duplicate]
I'm trying to add a new plugin ckwebspeech in ckeditor module. Here is the plugin which I want to add.
So, that the final editor will look like mentioned in screenshot. Is there any way to add this ...
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Retrieve GET request from Block Plugin
I'd like a block plugin to display content dependent on a GET request.
Inside my block plugin I have
class BlogPage extends BlockBase {
public function build() {
$query = \Drupal::...
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CKEditor custom plugin to add richcombo select list
I am building a CKEditor plugin for Drupal 8. I've done plugins that show a button in the editor toolbar, but this one should render a select list. The list is not showing up in the configuration page ...
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How set a time type field programmatically?
I create a custom content entity type.
I want one field for the event time.
Since there is no time field, but a dataTime_type, I create a plugin for a custom field :
FieldType : TimeItem.php
/**
...
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Twig Template for a Custom Block Plugin
I'd like to have a custom twig template for custom block plugins from my custom module.
My custom block HeaderText contains
public function build() {
return array(
'#title' => 'Test',
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Block Plugin Derivatives Discovery
I need some help with my code. I am creating blocks dynamically using the plugin derivatives. I store some form data in a database table, then I display it in each block separately, depending on it's ...
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Adding markup to fields in block plugins
I'm attempting to create a block plugin that renders nodes retrieved from a query. I'm able to successfully get the node id's and field values from the query but I'd like to wrap each item in divs and ...
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text_format field value not appearing in full_html mode
I'm using a block plugin to display content based on what the user inputs into a form. Select boxes, and radio buttons are saved and displayed in the form just fine but the text_format field isn't ...
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Using arrays when setting values in defaultConfiguration() of BlockForm in BlockBase
I'm writing a block plugin that allows you to specify certain values for the block in the panel pane editor.
I'm able to defined the default values using
public function defaultConfiguration() {
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Adding Bootstrap Tabs to a content view
I've created a custom content type which I want to display in a view using Bootstrap's Tabs component.
I've found this tutorial of sorts, but I'm a bit lost trying to process it all (I'm very new to ...
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Create a custom area plugin
I'm looking to add a plugin for Views to provide some custom functionality in the footer of a view.
First, I created the following in my_module/src/Plugin/views/area/MyPlugin.php:
namespace Drupal\...
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Creating a Feeds Plugin Child from a custom module and calling the new method
I’ve got a module where I need to overwrite a method from another Feeds Plugins class. To do this I’ve followed the developer's guide to Feeds.
So I have implemented hook_feeds_plugins and ...
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How do I create an instance of a search plugin?
I created a custom search plugin to index and search a sub-set of taxonomy terms and their fields, as these are used as landing pages. In addition, we are using the node search. This gives us two ...
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Field as Block column not showing
I installed the Field as Block plugin without problems, but when I go to Structure > Content Types > Basic Page > Manage Display, I still don't see the "Display as block" checkbox.
I tried googling ...
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Problem extending BookNavigationBlock
i have a Problem extending a BookNavigationBlock Plugin. When I extend BlockBase it works, but when trying to extend BookNavigationBlock, it fails when placing the block, without any error messages. ...
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How do I find the correct plugin?
As an Drupal 7 developer I'm currently trying to get into Drupal 8.
I got a problem finding the right plugin.
For example, I simple want to change the text of a node link "read more" into "read more >...
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Implement condition plugin
namespace Drupal\my_block\Plugin\Condition;
use Drupal\Core\Condition\ConditionPluginBase;
use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
use Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContainerFactoryPluginInterface;
use Symfony\...
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How do I add extra/custom plugins in CKEditor?
I am copying the templates plugin http://ckeditor.com/addon/templates
I put it in my D8 folder /core/asstes/vendor/ckeditor/plugins
I do a 'drush cr'
I do not see the templates plugin under ...
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How to extend Views Plugin ViewsSelection.php to have $form_state
I need to add in the current $form_state into the ViewsSelection. I have copied the file /core/modules/views/src/Plugin/EntityReferenceSelection/ViewsSelection.php to /modules/custom/fsed_entry/...
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