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Make #type 'item' work outside of a form context to render a compound label + content

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Created on 1 November 2012, almost 13 years ago
Updated 2 September 2025, 13 days ago

Problem

  • #type 'item' only works within a form.
  • Link module has to implement a second field formatter, because there is no way to render a compound element with a #title and #markup.

Goal

  • Eliminate Link module's 'link_separate' field formatter (merge it into 'link_default').

Proposed solution

  1. Make #type 'item' work outside of a form context. Make it produce a heading (label is only allowed within a form) and markup, like so:
    <div class="item">
<h4>Label, as provided in #title</h4>
Content, as provided in #markup (or rendered children).
</div>

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Status

Postponed: needs info

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

theme system

Created by

🇩🇪Germany sun Karlsruhe

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  • Comment 13 days ago →
    🇺🇸United States smustgrave

    Thank you for creating this issue to improve Drupal.

    We are working to decide if this task is still relevant to a currently supported version of Drupal. There hasn't been any discussion here for over 8 years which suggests that this has either been implemented or is no longer relevant. Your thoughts on this will allow a decision to be made.

    Since we need more information to move forward with this issue, the status is now Postponed (maintainer needs more info). If we don't receive additional information to help with the issue, it may be closed after three months.

    Thanks!

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