Add an "Edit" Tab to Every Block
Task · blocks · edit blocks · simplify administration · Site administrators · Themers · Drupal 6.x · No known problems
Last modified: August 18, 2009 - 05:48
This snippet builds on another snippet about "Add an Edit this Block link". Instead of a link this goes further to have the edit link look like the tabs for View, Edit, etc. Here is the code to include in your theme's block.tpl.php file:
<div id="block-<?php print $block->module .'-'. $block->delta; ?>" class="clear-block block block-<?php print $block->module ?>">
<?php
if ($block->module == 'block'):
if (user_access('administer blocks')) :?>
<div id="tabs-wrapper">
<ul class="tabs primary">
<li class="active">
<a class="active" href='<?php print check_url(base_path()) ?>admin/build/block/configure/<?php print $block->module;?>/<?php print $block->delta;?>'>Edit</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<?php
endif;
endif;
?>
<?php if (!empty($block->subject)): ?>
<h2><?php print $block->subject ?></h2>
<?php endif;?>
<div class="content"><?php print $block->content ?></div>
</div>If the core style sheets are being loaded this should produce an "Edit" tab above each block for users who have "administer blocks" privileges.
Does anyone know how could I
Does anyone know how could I apply this to 5.9? I also tried this http://drupal.org/node/120334#comment-623801 and it didn't work either.
Nicolas
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http://nic.ipwa.net
I think if you just did in
I think if you just did in this in 5.x it'll work, I'm pretty sure all the code in here will work in 5.x, but I could be wrong.
<?php
if (user_access('administer blocks')) {
print l('edit block','admin/build/block/configure/' . $block->module . '/' . $block->delta);
}
?>
Web Developer / Drupal Munkey
Randomlink Interactive Inc.
www.randomlink.net
Suggested improvements
I suggest some changes so that this validates when more than one block is shown on a page and also an addition to bring the user back to the originating page after editing the block. This is based on the block.tpl.php for the Garland theme:
<div id="block-<?php print $block->module .'-'. $block->delta; ?>" class="clear-block block block-<?php print $block->module ?>">
<?php
// print out an 'Edit Block' link for users with administer blocks privilege
if ($block->module == 'block'):
if (user_access('administer blocks')) :?>
<div class="block-tabs-wrapper">
<ul class="tabs">
<li>
<?php print l('Edit Block','admin/build/block/configure/' . $block->module . '/' . $block->delta.'?'.drupal_get_destination()); ?>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<?php
endif;
endif;
?>
<?php if (!empty($block->subject)): ?>
<h2><?php print $block->subject ?></h2>
<?php endif;?>
<div class="content"><?php print $block->content ?></div>
</div>
It might also be nice to use jquery and css (like Views 2) to hide the tab until you hover over the block so this doesn't break the layout of a page.
Paul Gregory
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www.accessadvertising.co.uk
Another modification
After trying Paul Gregory's code (posted above), I found that drupal_get_destination() was not working properly. It seems that, when using the l() function to create a link, the destination URL must be passed in the options array (3rd argument). See http://drupal.org/node/201195 and http://api.drupal.org/api/function/l.
Here's my modified code. Please let me know if you find any problems or mistakes:
<div id="block-<?php print $block->module.'-'.$block->delta; ?>" class="clear-block block block-<?php print $block->module; ?>">
<?php
if ($block->module == 'block'):
if (user_access('administer blocks')):
?>
<div class="block-tabs-wrapper">
<ul class="tabs primary">
<li>
<?php print l('Edit', 'admin/build/block/configure/'.$block->module.'/'.$block->delta, array('query' => drupal_get_destination())); ?>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<?php
endif;
endif;
?>
<?php if (!empty($block->subject)): ?>
<h2><?php print $block->subject; ?></h2>
<?php endif;?>
<div class="content"><?php print $block->content; ?></div>
</div>