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class Element in Zircon Profile 8.0

Same name in this branch
  1. 8.0 core/modules/editor/src/Element.php \Drupal\editor\Element
  2. 8.0 vendor/behat/mink/src/Element/Element.php \Behat\Mink\Element\Element
  3. 8.0 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element.php \Drupal\Core\Render\Element
  4. 8.0 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Schema/Element.php \Drupal\Core\Config\Schema\Element
Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 8 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element.php \Drupal\Core\Render\Element

Provides helper methods for Drupal render elements.

Hierarchy

Expanded class hierarchy of Element

See also

\Drupal\Core\Render\Element\ElementInterface

Related topics

112 files declare their use of Element
AccountSettingsForm.php in core/modules/user/src/AccountSettingsForm.php
Contains \Drupal\user\AccountSettingsForm.
Actions.php in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element/Actions.php
Contains \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\Actions.
aggregator.theme.inc in core/modules/aggregator/aggregator.theme.inc
Preprocessors and theme functions of Aggregator module.
ArgumentPluginBase.php in core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/argument/ArgumentPluginBase.php
Contains \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\argument\ArgumentPluginBase.
BlockViewBuilder.php in core/modules/block/src/BlockViewBuilder.php
Contains \Drupal\block\BlockViewBuilder.

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2 string references to 'Element'
ElementInfoManager::__construct in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/ElementInfoManager.php
Constructs a ElementInfoManager object.
views.schema.yml in core/modules/views/config/schema/views.schema.yml
core/modules/views/config/schema/views.schema.yml

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element.php, line 20
Contains \Drupal\Core\Render\Element.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Render
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class Element {

  /**
   * Checks if the key is a property.
   *
   * @param string $key
   *   The key to check.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   TRUE of the key is a property, FALSE otherwise.
   */
  public static function property($key) {
    return $key[0] == '#';
  }

  /**
   * Gets properties of a structured array element (keys beginning with '#').
   *
   * @param array $element
   *   An element array to return properties for.
   *
   * @return array
   *   An array of property keys for the element.
   */
  public static function properties(array $element) {
    return array_filter(array_keys($element), 'static::property');
  }

  /**
   * Checks if the key is a child.
   *
   * @param string $key
   *   The key to check.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   TRUE if the element is a child, FALSE otherwise.
   */
  public static function child($key) {
    return !isset($key[0]) || $key[0] != '#';
  }

  /**
   * Identifies the children of an element array, optionally sorted by weight.
   *
   * The children of a element array are those key/value pairs whose key does
   * not start with a '#'. See drupal_render() for details.
   *
   * @param array $elements
   *   The element array whose children are to be identified. Passed by
   *   reference.
   * @param bool $sort
   *   Boolean to indicate whether the children should be sorted by weight.
   *
   * @return array
   *   The array keys of the element's children.
   */
  public static function children(array &$elements, $sort = FALSE) {

    // Do not attempt to sort elements which have already been sorted.
    $sort = isset($elements['#sorted']) ? !$elements['#sorted'] : $sort;

    // Filter out properties from the element, leaving only children.
    $count = count($elements);
    $child_weights = array();
    $i = 0;
    $sortable = FALSE;
    foreach ($elements as $key => $value) {
      if ($key === '' || $key[0] !== '#') {
        if (is_array($value)) {
          if (isset($value['#weight'])) {
            $weight = $value['#weight'];
            $sortable = TRUE;
          }
          else {
            $weight = 0;
          }

          // Supports weight with up to three digit precision and conserve
          // the insertion order.
          $child_weights[$key] = floor($weight * 1000) + $i / $count;
        }
        elseif (isset($value)) {
          trigger_error(SafeMarkup::format('"@key" is an invalid render array key', array(
            '@key' => $key,
          )), E_USER_ERROR);
        }
      }
      $i++;
    }

    // Sort the children if necessary.
    if ($sort && $sortable) {
      asort($child_weights);

      // Put the sorted children back into $elements in the correct order, to
      // preserve sorting if the same element is passed through
      // \Drupal\Core\Render\Element::children() twice.
      foreach ($child_weights as $key => $weight) {
        $value = $elements[$key];
        unset($elements[$key]);
        $elements[$key] = $value;
      }
      $elements['#sorted'] = TRUE;
    }
    return array_keys($child_weights);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the visible children of an element.
   *
   * @param array $elements
   *   The parent element.
   *
   * @return array
   *   The array keys of the element's visible children.
   */
  public static function getVisibleChildren(array $elements) {
    $visible_children = array();
    foreach (static::children($elements) as $key) {
      $child = $elements[$key];

      // Skip value and hidden elements, since they are not rendered.
      if (!static::isVisibleElement($child)) {
        continue;
      }
      $visible_children[$key] = $child;
    }
    return array_keys($visible_children);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if an element is visible.
   *
   * @param array $element
   *   The element to check for visibility.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   TRUE if the element is visible, otherwise FALSE.
   */
  public static function isVisibleElement($element) {
    return (!isset($element['#type']) || !in_array($element['#type'], [
      'value',
      'hidden',
      'token',
    ])) && (!isset($element['#access']) || ($element['#access'] instanceof AccessResultInterface && $element['#access']
      ->isAllowed() || $element['#access'] === TRUE));
  }

  /**
   * Sets HTML attributes based on element properties.
   *
   * @param array $element
   *   The renderable element to process. Passed by reference.
   * @param array $map
   *   An associative array whose keys are element property names and whose
   *   values are the HTML attribute names to set on the corresponding
   *   property; e.g., array('#propertyname' => 'attributename'). If both names
   *   are identical except for the leading '#', then an attribute name value is
   *   sufficient and no property name needs to be specified.
   */
  public static function setAttributes(array &$element, array $map) {
    foreach ($map as $property => $attribute) {

      // If the key is numeric, the attribute name needs to be taken over.
      if (is_int($property)) {
        $property = '#' . $attribute;
      }

      // Do not overwrite already existing attributes.
      if (isset($element[$property]) && !isset($element['#attributes'][$attribute])) {
        $element['#attributes'][$attribute] = $element[$property];
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Indicates whether the given element is empty.
   *
   * An element that only has #cache set is considered empty, because it will
   * render to the empty string.
   *
   * @param array $elements
   *   The element.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   Whether the given element is empty.
   */
  public static function isEmpty(array $elements) {
    return empty($elements) || count($elements) === 1 && array_keys($elements) === [
      '#cache',
    ];
  }

}

Members

Namesort descending Modifiers Type Description Overrides
Element::child public static function Checks if the key is a child.
Element::children public static function Identifies the children of an element array, optionally sorted by weight.
Element::getVisibleChildren public static function Returns the visible children of an element.
Element::isEmpty public static function Indicates whether the given element is empty.
Element::isVisibleElement public static function Determines if an element is visible.
Element::properties public static function Gets properties of a structured array element (keys beginning with '#').
Element::property public static function Checks if the key is a property.
Element::setAttributes public static function Sets HTML attributes based on element properties.