Description of the need
I'm developing a site, both functionally and with appearance that makes some of its data available as a CSV using views_data_export
. I often have theme_debug
switched on which then breaks the CSV. This is less an issue for production but it can be a pain in development if the service using the CSV then breaks.
Proposed solution
(A) An optional boolean override for the theme
function in core/includes/theme.inc
that is then checked here:
https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/blob/6e7b4cc0fabf6040def143c38b88b4...
(B) A documented way for developers to list all templates or calling modules that should be excluded from theme_debug. The theme.inc will then test that in addition to checking the theme_debug
setting
Alternatives that have been considered
Describe alternatives you've considered. Have you seen this work in a better way in another CMS?
I created a small hack of theme.inc
to test if this principle could work
if ($theme_debug && strpos($info['template'],'views-data-export')>0) {
$output = _theme_render_template_debug($render_function, $template_file, $variables, $extension);
}
This worked but hacking core files is not going to be a sustainable solution and I can't see that this is possible to override in a hook.
The alternative is to switch theme_debug on and off all the time either using Devel or settings.php
/settings.local.php
Possibly modules could switch the setting off and on again but that may cause other issues
Is there a Drupal or Backdrop contributed module that accomplishes this? ...if so, then please provide a link.
Additional information
Add any other information or screenshots that would help.
Draft of feature description for Press Release (1 paragraph at most)
Backdrop now includes the ability for developers to disable theme_debug for particular modules or templates, for example, if using Views Data Export.
Recent comments
We can no longer add contrib projects in the Tugboat sandboxes that we use for core PR's? Can this be fixed or is there a reason for this? We can add contrib projects to demo...
Apr 25th Weekly Meetings
The Mail System and MimeMail modules are now installed. I'll let you know if they solve the problem. Edit: Using Mail System with MimeMail I was able to send plain text emails. There is...
HTML Email treated as plain text
If you haven't already I recommend installing Mail System and MimeMail. The latter will help format emails as HTML and first helps with configuring which module will handle the formatting...
HTML Email treated as plain text