Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/theme.api.php \themeable
  2. 4.6.x includes/theme.inc \themeable
  3. 4.7.x includes/theme.inc \themeable
  4. 5.x includes/theme.inc \themeable
  5. 7.x modules/system/theme.api.php \themeable
  6. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/theme.api.php \themeable
  7. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/theme.api.php \themeable

Functions and templates that present output to the user, and can be implemented by themes.

Drupal's presentation layer is a pluggable system known as the theme layer. Each theme can take control over most of Drupal's output, and has complete control over the CSS.

Inside Drupal, the theme layer is utilized by the use of the theme() function, which is passed the name of a component (the theme hook) and several arguments. For example, theme('table', $header, $rows); Additionally, the theme() function can take an array of theme hooks, which can be used to provide 'fallback' implementations to allow for more specific control of output. For example, the function: theme(array('table__foo', 'table'), $header, $rows) would look to see if 'table__foo' is registered anywhere; if it is not, it would 'fall back' to the generic 'table' implementation. This can be used to attach specific theme functions to named objects, allowing the themer more control over specific types of output.

As of Drupal 6, every theme hook is required to be registered by the module that owns it, so that Drupal can tell what to do with it and to make it simple for themes to identify and override the behavior for these calls.

The theme hooks are registered via hook_theme(), which returns an array of arrays with information about the hook. It describes the arguments the function or template will need, and provides defaults for the template in case they are not filled in. If the default implementation is a function, by convention it is named theme_HOOK().

Each module should provide a default implementation for theme_hooks that it registers. This implementation may be either a function or a template; if it is a function it must be specified via hook_theme(). By convention, default implementations of theme hooks are named theme_HOOK. Default template implementations are stored in the module directory.

Drupal's default template renderer is a simple PHP parsing engine that includes the template and stores the output. Drupal's theme engines can provide alternate template engines, such as XTemplate, Smarty and PHPTal. The most common template engine is PHPTemplate (included with Drupal and implemented in phptemplate.engine, which uses Drupal's default template renderer.

In order to create theme-specific implementations of these hooks, themes can implement their own version of theme hooks, either as functions or templates. These implementations will be used instead of the default implementation. If using a pure .theme without an engine, the .theme is required to implement its own version of hook_theme() to tell Drupal what it is implementing; themes utilizing an engine will have their well-named theming functions automatically registered for them. While this can vary based upon the theme engine, the standard set by phptemplate is that theme functions should be named either phptemplate_HOOK or THEMENAME_HOOK. For example, for Drupal's default theme (Garland) to implement the 'table' hook, the phptemplate.engine would find phptemplate_table() or garland_table(). The ENGINE_HOOK() syntax is preferred, as this can be used by sub-themes (which are themes that share code but use different stylesheets).

The theme system is described and defined in theme.inc.

See also

theme()

hook_theme()

File

includes/theme.inc, line 1085
The theme system, which controls the output of Drupal.

Functions

Name Locationsort descending Description
theme_aggregator_feed_source developer/theme.php Implemented using the aggregator-feed-source.tpl.php template.
theme_aggregator_item developer/theme.php Implemented using the aggregator-item.tpl.php template.
theme_aggregator_summary_item developer/theme.php Implemented using the aggregator-summary-item.tpl.php template.
theme_aggregator_summary_items developer/theme.php Implemented using the aggregator-summary-items.tpl.php template.
theme_aggregator_wrapper developer/theme.php Implemented using the aggregator-wrapper.tpl.php template.
theme_block_admin_display_form developer/theme.php Implemented using the block-admin-display-form.tpl.php template.
theme_book_all_books_block developer/theme.php Implemented using the book-all-books-block.tpl.php template.
theme_book_export_html developer/theme.php Implemented using the book-export-html.tpl.php template.
theme_book_navigation developer/theme.php Implemented using the book-navigation.tpl.php template.
theme_book_node_export_html developer/theme.php Implemented using the book-node-export-html.tpl.php template.
theme_comment_folded developer/theme.php Implemented using the comment-folded.tpl.php template.
theme_comment_wrapper developer/theme.php Implemented using the comment-wrapper.tpl.php template.
theme_comment developer/theme.php Implemented using the comment.tpl.php template.
theme_forum_icon developer/theme.php Implemented using the forum-icon.tpl.php template.
theme_forum_list developer/theme.php Implemented using the forum-list.tpl.php template.
theme_forum_submitted developer/theme.php Implemented using the forum-submitted.tpl.php template.
theme_forum_topic_list developer/theme.php Implemented using the forum-topic-list.tpl.php template.
theme_forum_topic_navigation developer/theme.php Implemented using the forum-topic-navigation.tpl.php template.
theme_forums developer/theme.php Implemented using the forums.tpl.php template.
theme_node developer/theme.php Implemented using the node.tpl.php template.
theme_poll_bar_block developer/theme.php Implemented using the poll-bar-block.tpl.php template.
theme_poll_bar developer/theme.php Implemented using the poll-bar.tpl.php template.
theme_poll_results_block developer/theme.php Implemented using the poll-results-block.tpl.php template.
theme_poll_results developer/theme.php Implemented using the poll-results.tpl.php template.
theme_poll_vote developer/theme.php Implemented using the poll-vote.tpl.php template.
theme_profile_block developer/theme.php Implemented using the profile-block.tpl.php template.
theme_profile_listing developer/theme.php Implemented using the profile-listing.tpl.php template.
theme_profile_wrapper developer/theme.php Implemented using the profile-wrapper.tpl.php template.
theme_search_block_form developer/theme.php Implemented using the search-block-form.tpl.php template.
theme_search_result developer/theme.php Implemented using the search-result.tpl.php template.
theme_search_results developer/theme.php Implemented using the search-results.tpl.php template.
theme_search_theme_form developer/theme.php Implemented using the search-theme-form.tpl.php template.
theme_block developer/theme.php Implemented using the block.tpl.php template.
theme_maintenance_page developer/theme.php Implemented using the maintenance-page.tpl.php template.
theme_page developer/theme.php Implemented using the page.tpl.php template.
theme_user_picture developer/theme.php Implemented using the user-picture.tpl.php template.
theme_user_profile_category developer/theme.php Implemented using the user-profile-category.tpl.php template.
theme_user_profile_item developer/theme.php Implemented using the user-profile-item.tpl.php template.
theme_user_profile developer/theme.php Implemented using the user-profile.tpl.php template.
theme_select includes/form.inc Format a dropdown menu or scrolling selection box.
theme_fieldset includes/form.inc Format a group of form items.
theme_radio includes/form.inc Format a radio button.
theme_radios includes/form.inc Format a set of radio buttons.
theme_password_confirm includes/form.inc Format a password_confirm item.
theme_date includes/form.inc Format a date selection element.
theme_item includes/form.inc Format a form item.
theme_checkbox includes/form.inc Format a checkbox.
theme_checkboxes includes/form.inc Format a set of checkboxes.
theme_submit includes/form.inc Theme a form submit button.
theme_button includes/form.inc Theme a form button.
theme_image_button includes/form.inc Theme a form image button.
theme_hidden includes/form.inc Format a hidden form field.
theme_token includes/form.inc Format a form token.
theme_textfield includes/form.inc Format a textfield.
theme_form includes/form.inc Format a form.
theme_textarea includes/form.inc Format a textarea.
theme_markup includes/form.inc Format HTML markup for use in forms.
theme_password includes/form.inc Format a password field.
theme_file includes/form.inc Format a file upload field.
theme_form_element includes/form.inc Return a themed form element.
theme_locale_languages_overview_form includes/locale.inc Theme the language overview form.
theme_menu_item_link includes/menu.inc Generate the HTML output for a single menu link.
theme_menu_tree includes/menu.inc Generate the HTML output for a menu tree
theme_menu_item includes/menu.inc Generate the HTML output for a menu item and submenu.
theme_menu_local_task includes/menu.inc Generate the HTML output for a single local task link.
theme_menu_local_tasks includes/menu.inc Returns the rendered local tasks. The default implementation renders them as tabs.
theme_pager includes/pager.inc Returns HTML for a query pager.
theme_pager_first includes/pager.inc Returns HTML for a "first page" link.
theme_pager_previous includes/pager.inc Returns HTML for a "previous page" link.
theme_pager_next includes/pager.inc Returns HTML for a "next page" link.
theme_pager_last includes/pager.inc Returns HTML for a "last page" link.
theme_pager_link includes/pager.inc Returns HTML for a link to a specific query result page.
theme_placeholder includes/theme.inc Formats text for emphasized display in a placeholder inside a sentence. Used automatically by t().
theme_status_messages includes/theme.inc Return a themed set of status and/or error messages. The messages are grouped by type.
theme_links includes/theme.inc Returns HTML for a set of links.
theme_image includes/theme.inc Return a themed image.
theme_breadcrumb includes/theme.inc Return a themed breadcrumb trail.
theme_help includes/theme.inc Return a themed help message.
theme_submenu includes/theme.inc Return a themed submenu, typically displayed under the tabs.
theme_table includes/theme.inc Return a themed table.
theme_table_select_header_cell includes/theme.inc Returns a header cell for tables that have a select all functionality.
theme_tablesort_indicator includes/theme.inc Return a themed sort icon.
theme_box includes/theme.inc Return a themed box.
theme_mark includes/theme.inc Return a themed marker, useful for marking new or updated content.
theme_item_list includes/theme.inc Return a themed list of items.
theme_more_help_link includes/theme.inc Returns code that emits the 'more help'-link.
theme_xml_icon includes/theme.inc Return code that emits an XML icon.
theme_feed_icon includes/theme.inc Return code that emits an feed icon.
theme_more_link includes/theme.inc Returns code that emits the 'more' link used on blocks.
theme_closure includes/theme.inc Execute hook_footer() which is run at the end of the page right before the close of the body tag.
theme_blocks includes/theme.inc Return a set of blocks available for the current user.
theme_username includes/theme.inc Format a username.
theme_progress_bar includes/theme.inc Return a themed progress bar.
theme_indentation includes/theme.inc Create a standard indentation div. Used for drag and drop tables.
_theme_table_cell includes/theme.inc End of "defgroup themeable".
theme_task_list includes/theme.maintenance.inc Return a themed list of maintenance tasks to perform.
theme_aggregator_block_item modules/aggregator/aggregator.module Format an individual feed item for display in the block.
theme_aggregator_categorize_items modules/aggregator/aggregator.pages.inc Theme the page list form for assigning categories.
theme_aggregator_page_rss modules/aggregator/aggregator.pages.inc Theme the RSS output.
theme_aggregator_page_opml modules/aggregator/aggregator.pages.inc Theme the OPML feed output.
theme_book_admin_table modules/book/book.admin.inc Theme function for the book administration page form.
theme_book_title_link modules/book/book.module Generate the HTML output for a link to a book title when used as a block title.
theme_color_scheme_form modules/color/color.module Theme color form.
theme_comment_admin_overview modules/comment/comment.admin.inc Theme the comment admin form.
theme_comment_block modules/comment/comment.module Returns a formatted list of recent comments to be displayed in the comment block.
theme_comment_view modules/comment/comment.module Themes a single comment and related items.
theme_comment_controls modules/comment/comment.module Theme comment controls box where the user can change the default display mode and display order of comments.
theme_comment_flat_collapsed modules/comment/comment.module Theme comment flat collapsed view.
theme_comment_flat_expanded modules/comment/comment.module Theme comment flat expanded view.
theme_comment_thread_collapsed modules/comment/comment.module Theme comment thread collapsed view.
theme_comment_thread_expanded modules/comment/comment.module Theme comment thread expanded view.
theme_comment_post_forbidden modules/comment/comment.module Theme a "you can't post comments" notice.
theme_comment_submitted modules/comment/comment.module Theme a "Submitted by ..." notice.
theme_dblog_filters modules/dblog/dblog.module Theme dblog administration filter selector.
theme_filter_admin_overview modules/filter/filter.admin.inc Theme the admin overview form.
theme_filter_admin_order modules/filter/filter.admin.inc Theme filter order configuration form.
theme_filter_tips_more_info modules/filter/filter.module Format a link to the more extensive filter tips.
theme_filter_tips modules/filter/filter.pages.inc Format a set of filter tips.
theme_menu_overview_form modules/menu/menu.admin.inc Theme the menu overview form into a table.
theme_node_filter_form modules/node/node.admin.inc Theme node administration filter form.
theme_node_filters modules/node/node.admin.inc Theme node administration filter selector.
theme_node_admin_nodes modules/node/node.admin.inc Theme node administration overview.
theme_node_list modules/node/node.module Format a listing of links to nodes.
theme_node_log_message modules/node/node.module Theme a log message.
theme_node_search_admin modules/node/node.module Theme the content ranking part of the search settings admin page.
theme_node_submitted modules/node/node.module Format the "Submitted by username on date/time" for each node
theme_node_add_list modules/node/node.pages.inc Display the list of available node types for node creation.
theme_node_form modules/node/node.pages.inc Present a node submission form.
theme_node_preview modules/node/node.pages.inc Display a node preview for display during node creation and editing.
theme_poll_choices modules/poll/poll.module Theme the admin poll form for choices.
theme_profile_admin_overview modules/profile/profile.admin.inc Theme the profile field overview into a drag and drop enabled table.
theme_syslog_format modules/syslog/syslog.module Format a system log entry.
theme_admin_block modules/system/system.admin.inc This function formats an administrative block for display.
theme_admin_block_content modules/system/system.admin.inc This function formats the content of an administrative block.
theme_admin_page modules/system/system.admin.inc This function formats an administrative page for viewing.
theme_system_admin_by_module modules/system/system.admin.inc Theme output of the dashboard page.
theme_status_report modules/system/system.admin.inc Theme requirements status report.
theme_system_modules modules/system/system.admin.inc Theme callback for the modules form.
theme_system_modules_uninstall modules/system/system.admin.inc Themes a table of currently disabled modules.
theme_system_theme_select_form modules/system/system.admin.inc Theme the theme select form.
theme_system_themes_form modules/system/system.admin.inc Theme function for the system themes form.
theme_system_powered_by modules/system/system.module Format the Powered by Drupal text.
theme_taxonomy_overview_vocabularies modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.admin.inc Theme the vocabulary overview as a sortable list of vocabularies.
theme_taxonomy_overview_terms modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.admin.inc Theme the terms overview as a sortable list of terms.
theme_taxonomy_term_select modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module Format the selection field for choosing terms (by deafult the default selection field is used).
theme_taxonomy_term_page modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc Render a taxonomy term page HTML output.
theme_trigger_display modules/trigger/trigger.admin.inc Display actions assigned to this hook-op combination in a table.
theme_update_report modules/update/update.report.inc Theme project status report.
theme_update_version modules/update/update.report.inc Theme the version display of a project.
theme_upload_attachments modules/upload/upload.module Displays file attachments in table
theme_upload_form_current modules/upload/upload.module Theme the attachments list.
theme_upload_form_new modules/upload/upload.module Theme the attachment form. Note: required to output prefix/suffix.
theme_user_admin_perm modules/user/user.admin.inc Theme the administer permissions page.
theme_user_admin_account modules/user/user.admin.inc Theme user administration overview.
theme_user_admin_new_role modules/user/user.admin.inc Theme the new-role form.
theme_user_filter_form modules/user/user.admin.inc Theme user administration filter form.
theme_user_filters modules/user/user.admin.inc Theme user administration filter selector.
theme_user_list modules/user/user.module Make a list of users.
theme_user_signature modules/user/user.module Theme output of user signature.
phptemplate_menu_local_tasks themes/garland/template.php Returns the rendered local tasks. The default implementation renders them as tabs. Overridden to split the secondary tasks.

Files

Name Locationsort descending Description
theme.inc includes/theme.inc The theme system, which controls the output of Drupal.