Hi,

I want to store a manually created variant (via page manager UI) for an activated system page (e.g. node_view which refers to path '/node/%node') in my module code. But I can't figure out the hook and the syntax where I have to place such code - and I even can't find a working export option for my manually created variant (which "lives" in database - that means storage type is 'Normal') in the admin area for my system page.

Or an even better option for me would be an opportunity to "recycle" a variant defined for one system (or custom) page in another system (or custom) page (in code and not via UI). E.g. I want to define a variant once (this could be done manually or in code) for '/node/%node' and I want to re-use the same variant for path '/node/%node/revisions/%/view'. (And I don't want to use the Export / Import functionality after each change. I need some automated solution.)

Thanks in advance.

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I found how to store manually created variants in code for custom pages (e.g. '/node/%node/test')

function MODULE_default_page_manager_pages() {
  // Copy exported page code here.

  $pages['UNIQUE_PAGE_ID_HERE'] = $page;

  return $pages;
}

Putting everthing in a file called 'MODULE.pages_default.inc' and link that file with my MODULE.module via

/**
 * Implement hook_ctools_plugin_api().
 *
 * If you do this, CTools will pick up default panels pages in
 * MODULE.pages_default.inc
 */
function MODULE_ctools_plugin_api($module, $api) {
  if ($module == 'page_manager' && $api == 'pages_default') {
    return array('version' => 1);
  }
}

I try to find an analog solution for system pages.

Thanks,
Martin

Comments

m_z’s picture

m_z commented

I think that I found the solution - maybe it can help others or please post if you have a better solution.

System pages are defined in /plugins/tasks/TASK-HANDLER-NAME.inc files.
I started my modifications (for "my" node_revision_view.inc) based on node_view.inc which comes with CTools.
In that .inc file you have to define a function MODULENAME_TASK-HANDLER-NAME_page_manager_tasks() which returns an array.
In that array I added a key: 'default handlers' => SOME-FUNCTION-NAME(),
Last step is the definition of a function which returns the default handlers:

function SOME-FUNCTION-NAME() {
  $handlers = array();

  // Copy exported variant code here (and adjust $handler->name and $handler->task to name of current task).
  ...

  $handlers[$handler->name] = $handler;

  return $handlers;
}

After uploading my modified .inc file I can find the "code generated" variant in my panel page.
And it works :-))

merlinofchaos’s picture

merlinofchaos commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Yeah. For an easy way to see how to do all that, use the bulk export tool and export your handler. I suppose the downside here is that it might not be clear that a 'task handler' is a 'variant' in the UI.

m_z’s picture

m_z commented

@merlinofchaos: Thank you for bringing bulk export tool on my radar.

Testing this tool I found out that hook_default_page_manager_handlers() which has to be placed in MODULENAME.pages_default.inc.
Maybe the ctools_plugin_example should include an implementation of this hook (because I couldn't find it in any documentation about Panels - up to now only 2 hits if looking for this hook at drupal.org search).

Is there an overview about Panel 3 hooks anywhere available?

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

andrewbelcher’s picture

andrewbelcher commented

I just came across the same, if you want an example, OG contains a module, og_example, which implements this...