function hook_menu_local_tasks_alter in Drupal 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Menu/menu.api.php \hook_menu_local_tasks_alter()
2. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Menu/menu.api.php \hook_menu_local_tasks_alter()
3. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Menu/menu.api.php \hook_menu_local_tasks_alter()

Alter tabs and actions displayed on the page before they are rendered.

This hook is invoked by menu_local_tasks(). The system-determined tabs and actions are passed in by reference. Additional tabs or actions may be added, or existing items altered.

Each tab or action is an associative array containing:

• #theme: The theme function to use to render.
• #link: An associative array containing:
  • title: The localized title of the link.
  • href: The system path to link to.
  • localized_options: An array of options to pass to l().
• #active: Whether the link should be marked as 'active'.

Parameters

$data: An associative array containing:

• actions: An associative array containing:
  • count: The amount of actions determined by the menu system, which can be ignored.
  • output: A list of of actions, each one being an associative array as described above.
• tabs: An indexed array (list) of tab levels (up to 2 levels), each containing an associative array:
  • count: The amount of tabs determined by the menu system. This value does not need to be altered if there is more than one tab.
  • output: A list of of tabs, each one being an associative array as described above.

$router_item: The menu system router item of the page.

$root_path: The path to the root item for this set of tabs.

Related topics

3 functions implement hook_menu_local_tasks_alter()

Note: this list is generated by pattern matching, so it may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.

blog_menu_local_tasks_alter in modules/blog/blog.module

Implements hook_menu_local_tasks_alter().

forum_menu_local_tasks_alter in modules/forum/forum.module

Implements hook_menu_local_tasks_alter().

node_menu_local_tasks_alter in modules/node/node.module

Implements hook_menu_local_tasks_alter().

1 invocation of hook_menu_local_tasks_alter()

menu_local_tasks in includes/menu.inc

Collects the local tasks (tabs), action links, and the root path.

File

modules/system/system.api.php, line 1451

Hooks provided by Drupal core and the System module.

Code

function hook_menu_local_tasks_alter(&$data, $router_item, $root_path) {

  // Add an action linking to node/add to all pages.
  $data['actions']['output'][] = array(
    '#theme' => 'menu_local_task',
    '#link' => array(
      'title' => t('Add new content'),
      'href' => 'node/add',
      'localized_options' => array(
        'attributes' => array(
          'title' => t('Add new content'),
        ),
      ),
    ),
  );

  // Add a tab linking to node/add to all pages.
  $data['tabs'][0]['output'][] = array(
    '#theme' => 'menu_local_task',
    '#link' => array(
      'title' => t('Example tab'),
      'href' => 'node/add',
      'localized_options' => array(
        'attributes' => array(
          'title' => t('Add new content'),
        ),
      ),
    ),
    // Define whether this link is active. This can be omitted for
    // implementations that add links to pages outside of the current page
    // context.
    '#active' => $router_item['path'] == $root_path,
  );
}