function hook_element_info_alter

Alter the element type information returned from modules.

A module may implement this hook in order to alter the element type defaults defined by a module.

Parameters

array $info: An associative array with structure identical to that of the return value of \Drupal\Core\Render\ElementInfoManagerInterface::getInfo().

See also

\Drupal\Core\Render\ElementInfoManager

\Drupal\Core\Render\Element\ElementInterface

Related topics

Hooks
Define functions that alter the behavior of Drupal core.
20 functions implement hook_element_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.

BigPipeMessagesHooks::elementInfoAlter in core/modules/big_pipe/tests/modules/big_pipe_messages_test/src/Hook/BigPipeMessagesHooks.php
Implements hook_element_info_alter().
claro_element_info_alter in core/themes/claro/claro.theme
Implements hook_element_info_alter().
ContentTranslationHooks::elementInfoAlter in core/modules/content_translation/src/Hook/ContentTranslationHooks.php
Implements hook_element_info_alter().
content_translation_element_info_alter in core/modules/content_translation/content_translation.module
Implements hook_element_info_alter().
EditorHooks::elementInfoAlter in core/modules/editor/src/Hook/EditorHooks.php
Implements hook_element_info_alter().

... See full list

1 invocation of hook_element_info_alter()
ElementInfoManager::buildInfo in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/ElementInfoManager.php
Builds up all element information.

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/theme.api.php, line 809

Code

function hook_element_info_alter(array &$info) {
  // Decrease the default size of textfields.
  if (isset($info['textfield']['#size'])) {
    $info['textfield']['#size'] = 40;
  }
}

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