sub-topic @BootstrapProcess

• Create a plugin
• Rebuild the cache

Create a plugin

Note: This plugin is not a re-implementation of the D7 hook_process_HOOK for theme hooks in anyway. That layer was removed from the theme system in D8 and for good reason (see: Remove the process layer). This plugin is about automatically adding a #process callback for a form element #type. This is especially useful when dealing with core elements that have implemented their own callbacks; either to alter their output or remove entirely.

We'll use TextFormat implemented by this base theme as an example of how to override the class entirely and remove this base theme's over-simplification for the "format tips" section.

Replace all following instances of THEMENAME with the actual machine name of your sub-theme.

Create a file at ./themes/THEMENAME/src/Plugin/Process/TextFormat.php with the following contents:

<?php

namespace Drupal\THEMENAME\Plugin\Process;

use Drupal\bootstrap\Plugin\Process\TextFormat as BootstrapTextFormat;
use Drupal\bootstrap\Utility\Element;
use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;

/**
 * Processes the "text_format" element.
 *
 * @ingroup plugins_process
 *
 * @BootstrapProcess("text_format")
 *
 * @see \Drupal\filter\Element\TextFormat::processFormat()
 */
class TextFormat extends BootstrapTextFormat {
  /*
   * It should be noted that you do not need both methods here.
   * This is to just show you the different examples of how this plugin
   * works and how it can be tailored to your needs.
   */

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public static function process(array $element, FormStateInterface $form_state, array &$complete_form) {
    // You must return the element immediately if this is TRUE.
    if (!empty($element['#bootstrap_ignore_process'])) {
      return $element;
    }

    // Technically this isn't the method that we need to achieve our goal.
    // But showing it just for example sake.
    //
    // You must always return the element in this method, as well as call the
    // parent method when sub-classing this method as it is used to invoke
    // static::processElement();
    return parent::process($element, $form_state, $complete_form);
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public static function processElement(Element $element, FormStateInterface $form_state, array &$complete_form) {
    // Normally, we'd call the parent method here. But this is actually an
    // instance where we know we don't want to use the alterations made by
    // the base theme. So we just comment it out and leave the method empty.
    // parent::processElement($element, $form_state, $complete_form);.
  }

}
?>

Rebuild the cache

Once you have saved, you must rebuild your cache for this new plugin to be discovered. This must happen anytime you make a change to the actual file name or the information inside the @BootstrapProcess annotation.

To rebuild your cache, navigate to admin/config/development/performance and click the Clear all caches button. Or if you prefer, run drush cr from the command line.

Voilà! After this, you should have a fully functional @BootstrapProcess plugin!

Parent topics

Source docs/plugins/Process.md

Classes

Interfaces