function contextual_help

Same name in other branches
  1. 7.x modules/contextual/contextual.module \contextual_help()
  2. 9 core/modules/contextual/contextual.module \contextual_help()
  3. 8.9.x core/modules/contextual/contextual.module \contextual_help()
  4. 11.x core/modules/contextual/contextual.module \contextual_help()

Implements hook_help().

File

core/modules/contextual/contextual.module, line 75

Code

function contextual_help($route_name, RouteMatchInterface $route_match) {
    switch ($route_name) {
        case 'help.page.contextual':
            $output = '';
            $output .= '<h2>' . t('About') . '</h2>';
            $output .= '<p>' . t('The Contextual links module gives users with the <em>Use contextual links</em> permission quick access to tasks associated with certain areas of pages on your site. For example, a menu displayed as a block has links to edit the menu and configure the block. For more information, see the <a href=":contextual">online documentation for the Contextual Links module</a>.', [
                ':contextual' => 'https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/core/modules/contextual',
            ]) . '</p>';
            $output .= '<h2>' . t('Uses') . '</h2>';
            $output .= '<dl>';
            $output .= '<dt>' . t('Displaying contextual links') . '</dt>';
            $output .= '<dd>';
            $output .= t('Contextual links for an area on a page are displayed using a contextual links button. There are two ways to make the contextual links button visible:');
            $output .= '<ol>';
            $sample_picture = [
                '#theme' => 'image',
                '#uri' => 'core/misc/icons/bebebe/pencil.svg',
                '#alt' => t('contextual links button'),
            ];
            $sample_picture = \Drupal::service('renderer')->render($sample_picture);
            $output .= '<li>' . t('Hovering over the area of interest will temporarily make the contextual links button visible (which looks like a pencil in most themes, and is normally displayed in the upper right corner of the area). The icon typically looks like this: @picture', [
                '@picture' => $sample_picture,
            ]) . '</li>';
            $output .= '<li>' . t('If you have the <a href=":toolbar">Toolbar module</a> installed, clicking the contextual links button in the toolbar (which looks like a pencil) will make all contextual links buttons on the page visible. Clicking this button again will toggle them to invisible.', [
                ':toolbar' => \Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('toolbar') ? Url::fromRoute('help.page', [
                    'name' => 'toolbar',
                ])->toString() : '#',
            ]) . '</li>';
            $output .= '</ol>';
            $output .= t('Once the contextual links button for the area of interest is visible, click the button to display the links.');
            $output .= '</dd>';
            $output .= '</dl>';
            return $output;
    }
}

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