Importing settings

@thomas.wardin

You can manually update theme setting in config/instaall/xxx.settings.yml of your theme before enable and make default.

Is this really the case?

The old instance's export looks like this:

settings[toggle_logo] = 1
settings[toggle_name] = 0
settings[toggle_slogan] = 1
...
settings[palette][silver] = "#f1f1f1"
settings[palette][body] = "#efefef"

Wouldn't it be necessary to transform into yml?

In Drupal 7, theme settings were stored in the .info file using the settings[...] format, for example:

settings[toggle_logo] = 1
settings[toggle_name] = 0
settings[toggle_slogan] = 1
settings[palette][silver] = "#f1f1f1"
settings[palette][body]   = "#efefef"

In Drupal 8+, these settings must be stored as configuration in YAML format, for example in:
config/install/dxpr_theme.settings.yml

toggle_logo: true
toggle_name: false
toggle_slogan: true
palette:
  silver: '#f1f1f1'
  body: '#efefef'

You can manually convert your old .info settings into this YAML format and then either:

• place the file in your theme’s config/install/ directory before enabling the theme, or
• import it via drush cim if the theme is already enabled.

What do you recommend for automated conversion?

Or does "fixed" mean, the new importer now understands the old format?

Hi @thomas.wardin,

There is no good automated conversion tool for the old Drupal 7 settings[...] format from .info files to the YAML configuration format used in Drupal 8+.
“Fixed” in this context does not mean that the importer now understands the old format — it only means that the manual process has been documented.

The recommended approach is still to manually convert the old .info settings into {theme_machine_name}.settings.yml as shown above, and then either place it in config/install/ before enabling the theme or import it with drush cim.