[D7] Block Local Tasks

Description, Rationale

The purpose of this module is to turn the standard MENU_LOCAL_TASKS output into a block that can be repositioned or interacted with at the theme layer. It provides 2 blocks, each representing a different presentation of the tasks list:

1. Plain MENU_LOCAL_TASKS - This is the standard Drupal system output for the tasks, usually rendered as tabs on the page.
2. Menu MENU_LOCAL_TASKS - This block renders through theme_menu_links and theme_menu_tree, and provides a nice tree of links similar to Drupal core's menu system output. It also allows MENU_LOCAL_TASKS to be integrated with other administration modules such as the Admin module. See attached screenshot for an example (also shown on the project page).

I created this module in order to a) be able to re-position and accordion-ify the local tasks tabs (to hide some of the Drupal UI until it was actually needed by the user), and b) integrate it with the Admin module (as mentioned above). This module is used on our upcoming production site, so it will be maintained actively. Any bugs found need to be squashed quickly.

Project Info

Drupal version: 7.x
Project page: http://drupal.org/sandbox/dansandj/1778256
Git repository: http://drupalcode.org/sandbox/dansandj/1778256.git

Author's Drupal Work

Tips for ensuring a smooth review recommends giving some examples of my Drupal experience, so here's a short list:

Accepted issues with patches:

• CKEditor: #1728318: [D7] Text format filters are not properly given $format; cannot look up their per-format settings
• Pathologic: #1672932: Character double-encoding/erroneous rawurlencode()
• Pathologic: #1670078: Add a setting for Pathologic to output protocol-relative URLs

Pending issues with patches:

• Panels: #1613402: IPE Cache Management Errors Cause AJAX "Access Denied" Failures and Possible Layout Regression
• LESS CSS Preprocessor: #1543276: Support passing/defining LESS variables/functions via drupal_add_css() and theme.info

Also, not a published issue but sent up a patch to fix an XSS issue in Monster Menus (attributed in commit b39f78e).