Posted by leeksoup on Fri, Feb 17, 2023 - 11:31pm

Was not sure whether to post this on Forums or on issue queue for Devel module. Trying here first.

In my D7 site which I am in the process of converting, I have a Devel module provided block which lists several useful Devel tools. I have not been able to find this block on Backdrop. Has it been removed or did I overlook it somewhere?

These are the links that are provided on D7:
Clear cache
Devel settings
Entity info
Execute PHP Code
Field info
Function reference
Hook_elements()
Menu item
PHPinfo()
Rebuild menus
Reinstall modules
Run cron
Session viewer
Theme registry
Variable editor

Some of these are in the Backdrop Admin -> Development menu, but not all.

Thanks.

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Even better solution is to use those links to create a custom menu.

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Well, this is really relative

Well, this is really relative. You can't export the links in a custom menu (you can export the menu definition but not the links added to it AFAIK).

With Custom Blocks, you can export the exact content and import it into your other sites without having to recreate the menu.

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Sat, Feb 18, 2023 - 7:42am by argiepiano

Backdrop's Devel module doesn't provide this block (which is basically a collection of links). It does provide "Switch user" and "Execute PHP" as blocks, though.

It'd be easy to "reconstruct" this missing block by creating a Custom Block (do it on this path: admin/structure/block) and adding the links manually. Then you can place it in different layouts and even export it to other sites.

Sat, Feb 18, 2023 - 3:24pm by leeksoup

@argiepano - OK, thank you.

Yes, I can do that ... just unexpected that the block is broken. :)

Sun, Feb 19, 2023 - 8:33pm by leeksoup

@argiepano - Sorry, I'm having trouble locating some of the items on the list of old links. E.g.

Entity info - though there is a Devel tab on nodes (only) that shows this
Field info 
Function reference
Hook_elements()
Menu item
Rebuild menus
Session viewer
Theme registry
Variable editor

Was the block removed because many items of functionality in it were removed (or maybe moved elsewhere)? Or are these things still there but in a different url?

Thanks.

Mon, Feb 20, 2023 - 5:39am by argiepiano

In Backdrop some of those menu items have been moved.

Visit admin/devel/info in your Backdrop site and you'll see several of those new paths. Or even better, examine the function devel_menu() inside devel.module

Mon, Feb 20, 2023 - 11:35am by leeksoup

@argiepano - Thank you! I will do that.

Tue, Feb 21, 2023 - 10:08pm by leeksoup

Even better solution is to use those links to create a custom menu.

Wed, Feb 22, 2023 - 5:11am by argiepiano

Well, this is really relative. You can't export the links in a custom menu (you can export the menu definition but not the links added to it AFAIK).

With Custom Blocks, you can export the exact content and import it into your other sites without having to recreate the menu.