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interface ContextualLinkInterface in Drupal 10

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 8 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Menu/ContextualLinkInterface.php \Drupal\Core\Menu\ContextualLinkInterface
  2. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Menu/ContextualLinkInterface.php \Drupal\Core\Menu\ContextualLinkInterface

Defines a contextual link plugin.

Contextual links by default are in the module_name.links.contextual.yml file. These YAML files contain a list of contextual link plugin definitions, keyed by the plugin ID. Each definition must define a route_name and a group and might define title, options, and weight. See the getter methods on this interface for an explanation of each.

Hierarchy

Expanded class hierarchy of ContextualLinkInterface

All classes that implement ContextualLinkInterface

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File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Menu/ContextualLinkInterface.php, line 16

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Menu
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interface ContextualLinkInterface {

  /**
   * Returns the localized title to be shown for this contextual link.
   *
   * Subclasses may add optional arguments like NodeInterface $node = NULL that
   * will be supplied by the ControllerResolver.
   *
   * @return string
   *   The title to be shown for this action.
   *
   * @see \Drupal\Core\Menu\ContextualLinksManager::getTitle()
   */
  public function getTitle();

  /**
   * Returns the route name of the contextual link.
   *
   * @return string
   *   The name of the route this contextual link links to.
   */
  public function getRouteName();

  /**
   * Returns the group this contextual link should be rendered in.
   *
   * A contextual link group is a set of contextual links that are displayed
   * together on a certain page. For example, the 'block' group displays all
   * links related to the block, such as the block instance edit link as well as
   * the views edit link, if it is a view block.
   *
   * @return string
   *   The contextual links group name.
   */
  public function getGroup();

  /**
   * Returns the link options passed to the link generator.
   *
   * @return array
   *   An associative array of options.
   */
  public function getOptions();

  /**
   * Returns the weight of the contextual link.
   *
   * The contextual links in one group are sorted by weight for display.
   *
   * @return int
   *   The weight as positive/negative integer.
   */
  public function getWeight();

}

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