function hook_field_widget_info_alter

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 9 core/modules/field/field.api.php \hook_field_widget_info_alter()
  2. 8.9.x core/modules/field/field.api.php \hook_field_widget_info_alter()
  3. 10 core/modules/field/field.api.php \hook_field_widget_info_alter()
  4. 11.x core/modules/field/field.api.php \hook_field_widget_info_alter()

Perform alterations on Field API widget types.

Parameters

$info: Array of informations on widget types exposed by hook_field_widget_info() implementations.

Related topics

Hooks
Allow modules to interact with the Drupal core.
Field Widget API
Define Field API widget types.
5 functions implement hook_field_widget_info_alter()

Note: the procedural functions in this list are found by pattern matching, so the list may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.

FieldTestFieldHooks::fieldWidgetInfoAlter in core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test/src/Hook/FieldTestFieldHooks.php
Implements hook_field_widget_info_alter().
FileHooks::fieldWidgetInfoAlter in core/modules/file/src/Hook/FileHooks.php
Implements hook_field_widget_info_alter().
list_field_widget_info_alter in modules/field/modules/list/list.module
Implements hook_field_widget_info_alter().
MediaLibraryTestHooks::fieldWidgetInfoAlter in core/modules/media_library/tests/modules/media_library_test/src/Hook/MediaLibraryTestHooks.php
Implements hook_field_widget_info_alter().
taxonomy_field_widget_info_alter in modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
Implements hook_field_widget_info_alter().

File

modules/field/field.api.php, line 805

Code

function hook_field_widget_info_alter(&$info) {
    // Add a setting to a widget type.
    $info['text_textfield']['settings'] += array(
        'mymodule_additional_setting' => 'default value',
    );
    // Let a new field type re-use an existing widget.
    $info['options_select']['field types'][] = 'my_field_type';
}

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