Allow for non-entity default images to be specified in config

Created on 7 July 2016, about 9 years ago
Updated 1 August 2025, 5 days ago

I'm trying to use some default images for user pictures that are stored in the theme folder instead of in the public files directory because:

  1. They should be in version control
  2. They should be available immediately on site re-install

I think core should provide for this so that you don't need to use an uploaded managed file / file entity as defaults for images.

My Current Workaround Attempt

I created a custom Drupal\image\Plugin\Field\FieldFormatter\ImageFormatter in the hope that I could set the defaults myself, but there are places in the formatter that expect 'entity' to be set and for the default image to be a real entity.

Is there a way to create a "fake" image entity that can make these other places happy, but doesn't require saving the file into actual storage?

Drupal\image\Plugin\Field\FieldFormatter\ImageFormatter::getEntitiesToView()

✨ Feature request
Status

Postponed: needs info

Version

11.0 πŸ”₯

Component

image system

Created by

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈUnited States frankcarey

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  • πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈUnited States smustgrave

    Thank you for sharing your idea for improving Drupal.

    We are working to decide if this proposal meets the Criteria for evaluating proposed changes. There hasn't been any discussion here for over 8 years which suggests that this has either been implemented or there is no community support. 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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