function hook_element_info_alter in Drupal 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/theme.api.php \hook_element_info_alter()
2. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/theme.api.php \hook_element_info_alter()

Alter the element type information returned from modules.

A module may implement this hook in order to alter the element type defaults defined by a module.

Parameters

$type: All element type defaults as collected by hook_element_info().

See also

hook_element_info()

Related topics

1 invocation of hook_element_info_alter()

element_info in includes/common.inc

Retrieves the default properties for the defined element type.

File

modules/system/system.api.php, line 702

Hooks provided by Drupal core and the System module.

Code

function hook_element_info_alter(&$type) {

  // Decrease the default size of textfields.
  if (isset($type['textfield']['#size'])) {
    $type['textfield']['#size'] = 40;
  }
}