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Menu items (in any menu) now have the option of toggling between two different menu item types: link or view. Depending on which option is selected, the appropriate configuration form is displayed on the admin side and the appropriate type of item is rendered on the front-end.
How do you add a view in Drupal?
Enter a “View name” and click “Save and edit”. Now we need to add a page display. When we do this the default Master will become hidden. Click “Add” and choose “Page”.
Is there a way to make tabs in Drupal 8?
In Drupal 8, you can make tabs without using any extra modules at all. As a tip, I used the Devel module to create some dummy content for this exercise. You don’t have to do this, but Devel always make it easy to test content-heavy tasks.
Menu Views is a utility module. It provides back end support for replacing a standard menu item link with a menu item view.
How to render a single field in Drupal?
Better yet, there’s another handy field API function, field_view_value (), for when you want to render a single field value, which has all the right sanitisation built right in. It also uses field formatters, which is lovely. It takes a single field value taken from the array returned by field_view_value (). Here’s an example:
What to do with safe value in Drupal?
The [0] [safe_value] explicitly accesses the first value of the field – if you wanted every value from a multi-value field you’d need to do some sort of loop. Some fields (such as node references) won’t have a safe_value element, only a value – which can easily be printed without thought for sanitisation.
Why are node references not safe in Drupal?
Some fields (such as node references) won’t have a safe_value element, only a value – which can easily be printed without thought for sanitisation. This is dangerous, not because node reference fields contain dangerous data (they’re just a nid), but because it’s not a helpful habit to get into, especially for new developers.