Inheritance diagram for core_renderer:

Public Member Functions
	__construct (moodle_page $page, $target)
	Constructor. More...

	action_icon ($url, pix_icon $pixicon, component_action $action=null, array $attributes=null, $linktext=false)
	Renders an action_icon. More...

	action_link ($url, $text, component_action $action=null, array $attributes=null, $icon=null)
	Renders a special html link with attached action. More...

	activity_navigation ()
	Returns standard navigation between activities in a course. More...

	add_action_handler (component_action $action, $id=null)
	Adds a JS action for the element with the provided id. More...

	block (block_contents $bc, $region)
	Prints a nice side block with an optional header. More...

	block_controls ($actions, $blockid=null)
	Output the row of editing icons for a block, as defined by the controls array. More...

	block_move_target ($target, $zones, $previous, $region)
	Output a place where the block that is currently being moved can be dropped. More...

	blocks ($region, $classes=array(), $tag='aside')
	Get the HTML for blocks in the given region. More...

	blocks_for_region ($region)
	Output all the blocks in a particular region. More...

	body_attributes ($additionalclasses=array())
	Returns HTML attributes to use within the body tag. More...

	body_css_classes (array $additionalclasses=array())
	Returns the CSS classes to apply to the body tag. More...

	body_id ()
	The ID attribute to apply to the body tag. More...

	box ($contents, $classes='generalbox', $id=null, $attributes=array())
	Outputs a box. More...

	box_end ()
	Outputs the closing section of a box. More...

	box_start ($classes='generalbox', $id=null, $attributes=array())
	Outputs the opening section of a box. More...

	close_window_button ($text='')
	Returns HTML to display a simple button to close a window. More...

	confirm ($message, $continue, $cancel)
	Print a message along with button choices for Continue/Cancel. More...

	container ($contents, $classes=null, $id=null)
	Outputs a container. More...

	container_end ()
	Outputs the closing section of a container. More...

	container_end_all ($shouldbenone=false)
	Close all but the last open container. More...

	container_start ($classes=null, $id=null)
	Outputs the opening section of a container. More...

	context_header ($headerinfo=null, $headinglevel=1)

	context_header_settings_menu ()
	This is an optional menu that can be added to a layout by a theme. More...

	continue_button ($url)
	Returns HTML to display a continue button that goes to a particular URL. More...

	course_content_footer ($onlyifnotcalledbefore=false)
	Returns course-specific information to be output immediately below content on any course page (for the current course) More...

	course_content_header ($onlyifnotcalledbefore=false)
	Returns course-specific information to be output immediately above content on any course page (for the current course) More...

	course_footer ()
	Returns course-specific information to be output on any course page in the footer area (for the current course) More...

	course_header ()
	Returns course-specific information to be output on any course page in the header area (for the current course) More...

	custom_block_region ($regionname)
	Renders a custom block region. More...

	custom_menu ($custommenuitems='')
	Returns the custom menu if one has been set. More...

	custom_menu_flat ()
	We want to show the custom menus as a list of links in the footer on small screens. More...

	darrow ()
	Accessibility: Down arrow-like character. More...

	doc_link ($path, $text='', $forcepopup=false)
	Returns a string containing a link to the user documentation. More...

	doctype ()
	Get the DOCTYPE declaration that should be used with this page. More...

	download_dataformat_selector ($label, $base, $name='dataformat', $params=array())
	Returns a dataformat selection and download form. More...

	edit_button (moodle_url $url)
	Returns HTML to display a "Turn editing on/off" button in a form. More...

	error_text ($message)
	Output an error message. More...

	fatal_error ($message, $moreinfourl, $link, $backtrace, $debuginfo=null, $errorcode="")
	Do not call this function directly. More...

	favicon ()
	Returns the moodle_url for the favicon. More...

	file_picker ($options)
	Returns HTML to display the file picker. More...

	footer ()
	Outputs the page's footer. More...

	full_header ()
	Wrapper for header elements. More...

	get_compact_logo_url ($maxwidth=300, $maxheight=300)
	Return the site's compact logo URL, if any. More...

	get_generated_color_for_id ($id)
	Get the course color to show on a course card. More...

	get_generated_image_for_id ($id)
	Get the course pattern datauri to show on a course card. More...

	get_logo_url ($maxwidth=null, $maxheight=200)
	Return the site's logo URL, if any. More...

	has_started ()
	Returns true is output has already started, and false if not. More...

	header ()
	Start output by sending the HTTP headers, and printing the HTML <head> and the start of the <body>. More...

	heading ($text, $level=2, $classes=null, $id=null)
	Outputs a heading. More...

	heading_with_help ($text, $helpidentifier, $component='moodle', $icon='', $iconalt='', $level=2, $classnames=null)
	Centered heading with attached help button (same title text) and optional icon attached. More...

	help_icon ($identifier, $component='moodle', $linktext='')
	Returns HTML to display a help icon. More...

	help_icon_scale ($courseid, stdClass $scale)
	Returns HTML to display a scale help icon. More...

	home_link ()
	Return the 'back' link that normally appears in the footer. More...

	htmlattributes ()
	The attributes that should be added to the <html> tag. More...

	htmllize_file_tree ($dir)
	Internal implementation of file tree viewer items rendering. More...

	image_icon ($pix, $alt, $component='moodle', array $attributes=null)
	Return HTML for an image_icon. More...

	image_url ($imagename, $component='moodle')
	Return the moodle_url for an image. More...

	initials_bar ($current, $class, $title, $urlvar, $url, $alpha=null)
	Returns HTML to display initials bar to provide access to other pages (usually in a search) More...

	lang_menu ()
	Returns lang menu or '', this method also checks forcing of languages in courses. More...

	larrow ()
	Accessibility: Left arrow-like character is used in the breadcrumb trail, course navigation menu (previous/next activity), calendar, and search forum block. More...

	list_block_contents ($icons, $items)
	Render the contents of a block_list. More...

	login_info ($withlinks=null)
	Return the standard string that says whether you are logged in (and switched roles/logged in as another user). More...

	main_content ()
	Returns standard main content placeholder. More...

	maintenance_warning ()
	Scheduled maintenance warning message. More...

	mform_element ($element, $required, $advanced, $error, $ingroup)
	Renders an mform element from a template. More...

	navbar ()
	This renders the navbar. More...

	navbar_plugin_output ()
	Allow plugins to provide some content to be rendered in the navbar. More...

	notification ($message, $type=null)
	Output a notification (that is, a status message about something that has just happened). More...

	notify_message ()

	notify_problem ()

	notify_redirect ()

	notify_success ()

	old_help_icon ($helpidentifier, $title, $component='moodle', $linktext='')
	Returns HTML to display a help icon. More...

	page_doc_link ($text=null)
	Returns the Moodle docs link to use for this page. More...

	page_heading ($tag='h1')
	Gets HTML for the page heading. More...

	page_heading_button ()
	Gets the HTML for the page heading button. More...

	page_heading_menu ()
	Returns the page heading menu. More...

	page_title ()
	Returns the title to use on the page. More...

	paging_bar ($totalcount, $page, $perpage, $baseurl, $pagevar='page')
	Returns HTML to display a single paging bar to provide access to other pages (usually in a search) More...

	pix_icon ($pix, $alt, $component='moodle', array $attributes=null)
	Return HTML for a pix_icon. More...

	pix_url ($imagename, $component='moodle')
	Return the direct URL for an image from the pix folder. More...

	print_textarea ($name, $id, $value, $rows, $cols)
	Returns the HTML for a basic textarea field. More...

	rarrow ()
	Accessibility: Right arrow-like character is used in the breadcrumb trail, course navigation menu (previous/next activity), calendar, and search forum block. More...

	redirect_message ($encodedurl, $message, $delay, $debugdisableredirect, $messagetype=core\output\notification::NOTIFY_INFO)
	Redirects the user by any means possible given the current state. More...

	region_main_settings_menu ()
	This is an optional menu that can be added to a layout by a theme. More...

	render (renderable $widget)
	Returns rendered widget. More...

	render_action_menu (action_menu $menu)
	Renders an action menu component. More...

	render_chart (\core\chart_base $chart, $withtable=true)
	Renders a chart. More...

	render_chart_bar (\core\chart_bar $chart)
	Renders a bar chart. More...

	render_chart_line (\core\chart_line $chart)
	Renders a line chart. More...

	render_chart_pie (\core\chart_pie $chart)
	Renders a pie chart. More...

	render_checkbox_toggleall (\core\output\checkbox_toggleall $element)
	Renders element for a toggle-all checkbox. More...

	render_file_picker (file_picker $fp)
	Internal implementation of file picker rendering. More...

	render_from_template ($templatename, $context)
	Renders a template by name with the given context. More...

	render_inplace_editable (\core\output\inplace_editable $element)
	Renders element for inline editing of any value. More...

	render_login (\core_auth\output\login $form)
	Renders the login form. More...

	render_login_signup_form ($form)
	Render the login signup form into a nice template for the theme. More...

	render_preferences_group (preferences_group $renderable)
	Renders preferences group. More...

	render_preferences_groups (preferences_groups $renderable)
	Renders preferences groups. More...

	render_progress_bar (progress_bar $bar)
	Renders a progress bar. More...

	render_rating (rating $rating)
	Produces the html that represents this rating in the UI. More...

	render_skip_links ($links)
	Renders the skip links for the page. More...

	search_box ($id=false)
	Returns a search box. More...

	should_display_main_logo ($headinglevel=1)
	Whether we should display the main logo. More...

	should_display_navbar_logo ()
	Whether we should display the logo in the navbar. More...

	single_button ($url, $label, $method='post', array $options=null)
	Returns a form with a single button. More...

	single_select ($url, $name, array $options, $selected='', $nothing=array(''=> 'choosedots'), $formid=null, $attributes=array())
	Returns a form with a single select widget. More...

	skip_link_target ($id=null)
	Output the place a skip link goes to. More...

	spacer (array $attributes=null, $br=false)
	Creates and returns a spacer image with optional line break. More...

	standard_after_main_region_html ()
	The standard HTML that should be output just before the <footer> tag. More...

	standard_end_of_body_html ()
	The standard tags (typically script tags that are not needed earlier) that should be output after everything else. More...

	standard_footer_html ()
	The standard tags (typically performance information and validation links, if we are in developer debug mode) that should be output in the footer area of the page. More...

	standard_head_html ()
	The standard tags (meta tags, links to stylesheets and JavaScript, etc.) that should be included in the <head> tag. More...

	standard_top_of_body_html ()
	The standard tags (typically skip links) that should be output just inside the start of the <body> tag. More...

	tabtree ($tabs, $selected=null, $inactive=null)
	Renders tabs. More...

	tag_list ($tags, $label=null, $classes='', $limit=10, $pagecontext=null, $accesshidelabel=false)
	Displays the list of tags associated with an entry. More...

	tree_block_contents ($items, $attrs=array())
	Make nested HTML lists out of the items. More...

	uarrow ()
	Accessibility: Up arrow-like character is used in the book heirarchical navigation. More...

	update_module_button ()

	url_select (array $urls, $selected, $nothing=array(''=> 'choosedots'), $formid=null)
	Returns a form with a url select widget. More...

	user_menu ($user=null, $withlinks=null)
	Construct a user menu, returning HTML that can be echoed out by a layout file. More...

	user_picture (stdClass $user, array $options=null)
	Returns HTML to display the specified user's avatar. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static	prepare_classes ($classes)
	Given an array or space-separated list of classes, prepares and returns the HTML class attribute value. More...

Public Attributes
string const	MAIN_CONTENT_TOKEN = '[MAIN CONTENT GOES HERE]'
	Do NOT use, please use <?php echo $OUTPUT->main_content() ?> in layout files instead. More...

Protected Member Functions
	build_action_menu_from_navigation (action_menu $menu, navigation_node $node, $indent=false, $onlytopleafnodes=false)
	Take a node in the nav tree and make an action menu out of it. More...

	get_mustache ()
	Return an instance of the mustache class. More...

	is_login_page ()
	Check whether the current page is a login page. More...

	render_action_link (action_link $link)
	Renders an action_link object. More...

	render_action_menu_filler (action_menu_filler $action)
	Renders a primary action_menu_filler item. More...

	render_action_menu_link (action_menu_link $action)
	Renders an action_menu_link item. More...

	render_action_menu_link_primary (action_menu_link_primary $action)
	Renders a primary action_menu_link item. More...

	render_action_menu_link_secondary (action_menu_link_secondary $action)
	Renders a secondary action_menu_link item. More...

	render_breadcrumb_navigation_node (breadcrumb_navigation_node $item)
	Renders a breadcrumb navigation node object. More...

	render_context_header (context_header $contextheader)
	Renders the header bar. More...

	render_custom_menu (custom_menu $menu)
	Renders a custom menu object (located in outputcomponents.php) More...

	render_custom_menu_item (custom_menu_item $menunode)
	Renders a custom menu node as part of a submenu. More...

	render_digital_minor_page ($page)
	Render the digital minor contact information page into a nice template for the theme. More...

	render_help_icon (help_icon $helpicon)
	Implementation of user image rendering. More...

	render_image_icon (image_icon $icon)
	Renders a pix_icon widget and returns the HTML to display it. More...

	render_initials_bar (initials_bar $initialsbar)
	Internal implementation of initials bar rendering. More...

	render_navigation_node (navigation_node $item)
	Renders a navigation node object. More...

	render_notification (\core\output\notification $notification)
	Render a notification (that is, a status message about something that has just happened). More...

	render_page_layout ($layoutfile)
	Renders and outputs the page layout file. More...

	render_paging_bar (paging_bar $pagingbar)
	Returns HTML to display the paging bar. More...

	render_pix_emoticon (pix_emoticon $emoticon)
	Return HTML to display an emoticon icon. More...

	render_pix_icon (pix_icon $icon)
	Renders a pix_icon widget and returns the HTML to display it. More...

	render_single_button (single_button $button)
	Renders a single button widget. More...

	render_single_select (single_select $select)
	Internal implementation of single_select rendering. More...

	render_tabobject (tabobject $tabobject)
	Renders tabobject (part of tabtree) More...

	render_tabtree (tabtree $tabtree)
	Renders tabtree. More...

	render_url_select (url_select $select)
	Internal implementation of url_select rendering. More...

	render_user_picture (user_picture $userpicture)
	Internal implementation of user image rendering. More...

	render_verify_age_location_page ($page)
	Render the verify age and location page into a nice template for the theme. More...

	theme_switch_links ()
	Renders theme links for switching between default and other themes. More...

Protected Attributes
string	$contenttype
	Used to pass information from } to * core_renderer::standard_head_html().

custom_menu_item	$language = null
	language The language menu if created

string	$metarefreshtag = ''
	Used by } method to communicate * with core_renderer::header().

xhtml_container_stack	$opencontainers
	The xhtml_container_stack to use.

moodle_page	$page
	The Moodle page the renderer has been created to assist with.

string	$target
	The requested rendering target.

string	$unique_end_html_token
	Unique token for the closing HTML.

string	$unique_main_content_token
	Unique token for the main content.

string	$unique_performance_info_token
	Unique token for performance information.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ __construct()

core_renderer::__construct	(	moodle_page	$page,
			$target
	)

Constructor.

Parameters

moodle_page	$page	the page we are doing output for.
string	$target	one of rendering target constants

Reimplemented from renderer_base.

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

Member Function Documentation

◆ action_icon()

core_renderer::action_icon	(		$url,
		pix_icon	$pixicon,
		component_action	$action = `null`,
		array	$attributes = `null`,
			$linktext = `false`
	)

Renders an action_icon.

This function uses the core_renderer::action_link() method for the most part. What it does different is prepare the icon as HTML and use it as the link text.

Theme developers: If you want to change how action links and/or icons are rendered, consider overriding function } and * core_renderer::render_pix_icon().

Parameters

string \| moodle_url	$url	A string URL or moodel_url
pix_icon	$pixicon
component_action	$action
array	$attributes	associative array of html link attributes + disabled
bool	$linktext	show title next to image in link

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ action_link()

core_renderer::action_link	(		$url,
			$text,
		component_action	$action = `null`,
		array	$attributes = `null`,
			$icon = `null`
	)

Renders a special html link with attached action.

Theme developers: DO NOT OVERRIDE! Please override function core_renderer::render_action_link() instead.

Parameters

string \| moodle_url	$url
string	$text	HTML fragment
component_action	$action
array	$attributes	associative array of html link attributes + disabled
	pix_icon	optional pix icon to render with the link

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ activity_navigation()

core_renderer::activity_navigation ( )

Returns standard navigation between activities in a course.

Return values

string the navigation HTML.

◆ add_action_handler()

renderer_base::add_action_handler	(	component_action	$action,
			$id = `null`
	)

inherited

Adds a JS action for the element with the provided id.

This method adds a JS event for the provided component action to the page and then returns the id that the event has been attached to. If no id has been provided then a new ID is generated by html_writer::random_id()

Parameters

component_action	$action
string	$id

Return values

string id of element, either original submitted or random new if not supplied

◆ block()

core_renderer::block	(	block_contents	$bc,
			$region
	)

Prints a nice side block with an optional header.

Parameters

block_contents	$bc	HTML for the content
string	$region	the region the block is appearing in.

Return values

string the HTML to be output.

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

◆ block_controls()

core_renderer::block_controls	(	$actions,
		$blockid = `null`
	)

Output the row of editing icons for a block, as defined by the controls array.

Parameters

array	$controls	an array like block_contents::$controls.
string	$blockid	The ID given to the block.

Return values

string HTML fragment.

◆ block_move_target()

core_renderer::block_move_target	(	$target,
		$zones,
		$previous,
		$region
	)

Output a place where the block that is currently being moved can be dropped.

Parameters

block_move_target	$target	with the necessary details.
array	$zones	array of areas where the block can be moved to
string	$previous	the block located before the area currently being rendered.
string	$region	the name of the region

Return values

string the HTML to be output.

◆ blocks()

core_renderer::blocks	(	$region,
		$classes = `array()`,
		$tag = `'aside'`
	)

Get the HTML for blocks in the given region.

Since: Moodle 2.5.1 2.6

Parameters

string $region The region to get HTML for.

Return values

string HTML.

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

◆ blocks_for_region()

core_renderer::blocks_for_region ( $region )

Output all the blocks in a particular region.

Parameters

string $region the name of a region on this page.

Return values

string the HTML to be output.

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

◆ body_attributes()

core_renderer::body_attributes ( $additionalclasses = array() )

Returns HTML attributes to use within the body tag.

This includes an ID and classes.

Since: Moodle 2.5.1 2.6

Parameters

string | array $additionalclasses Any additional classes to give the body tag,

Return values

string

◆ body_css_classes()

core_renderer::body_css_classes ( array $additionalclasses = array() )

Returns the CSS classes to apply to the body tag.

Since: Moodle 2.5.1 2.6

Parameters

array $additionalclasses Any additional classes to apply.

Return values

string

◆ body_id()

core_renderer::body_id ( )

The ID attribute to apply to the body tag.

Since: Moodle 2.5.1 2.6

Return values

string

◆ box()

core_renderer::box	(	$contents,
		$classes = `'generalbox'`,
		$id = `null`,
		$attributes = `array()`
	)

Outputs a box.

Parameters

string	$contents	The contents of the box
string	$classes	A space-separated list of CSS classes
string	$id	An optional ID
array	$attributes	An array of other attributes to give the box.

Return values

string the HTML to output.

◆ box_end()

core_renderer::box_end ( )

Outputs the closing section of a box.

Return values

string the HTML to output.

◆ box_start()

core_renderer::box_start	(	$classes = `'generalbox'`,
		$id = `null`,
		$attributes = `array()`
	)

Outputs the opening section of a box.

Parameters

string	$classes	A space-separated list of CSS classes
string	$id	An optional ID
array	$attributes	An array of other attributes to give the box.

Return values

string the HTML to output.

◆ build_action_menu_from_navigation()

core_renderer::build_action_menu_from_navigation	(	action_menu	$menu,
		navigation_node	$node,
			$indent = `false`,
			$onlytopleafnodes = `false`
	)

protected

Take a node in the nav tree and make an action menu out of it.

The links are injected in the action menu.

Parameters

action_menu	$menu
navigation_node	$node
boolean	$indent
boolean	$onlytopleafnodes

Return values

boolean nodesskipped - True if nodes were skipped in building the menu

◆ close_window_button()

core_renderer::close_window_button ( $text = '' )

Returns HTML to display a simple button to close a window.

Parameters

string $text The lang string for the button's label (already output from get_string())

Return values

string html fragment

◆ confirm()

core_renderer::confirm	(	$message,
		$continue,
		$cancel
	)

Print a message along with button choices for Continue/Cancel.

If a string or moodle_url is given instead of a single_button, method defaults to post.

Parameters

string	$message	The question to ask the user
single_button \| moodle_url \| string	$continue	The single_button component representing the Continue answer. Can also be a moodle_url or string URL
single_button \| moodle_url \| string	$cancel	The single_button component representing the Cancel answer. Can also be a moodle_url or string URL

Return values

string HTML fragment

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

◆ container()

core_renderer::container	(	$contents,
		$classes = `null`,
		$id = `null`
	)

Outputs a container.

Parameters

string	$contents	The contents of the box
string	$classes	A space-separated list of CSS classes
string	$id	An optional ID

Return values

string the HTML to output.

◆ container_end()

core_renderer::container_end ( )

Outputs the closing section of a container.

Return values

string the HTML to output.

◆ container_end_all()

core_renderer::container_end_all ( $shouldbenone = false )

Close all but the last open container.

This is useful in places like error handling, where you want to close all the open containers (apart from <body>) before outputting the error message.

Parameters

bool $shouldbenone assert that the stack should be empty now - causes a developer debug warning if it isn't.

Return values

string the HTML required to close any open containers inside <body>.

◆ container_start()

core_renderer::container_start	(	$classes = `null`,
		$id = `null`
	)

Outputs the opening section of a container.

Parameters

string	$classes	A space-separated list of CSS classes
string	$id	An optional ID

Return values

string the HTML to output.

◆ context_header_settings_menu()

core_renderer::context_header_settings_menu ( )

This is an optional menu that can be added to a layout by a theme.

It contains the menu for the course administration, only on the course main page.

Return values

string

◆ continue_button()

core_renderer::continue_button ( $url )

Returns HTML to display a continue button that goes to a particular URL.

Parameters

string | moodle_url $url The url the button goes to.

Return values

string the HTML to output.

◆ course_content_footer()

core_renderer::course_content_footer ( $onlyifnotcalledbefore = false )

Returns course-specific information to be output immediately below content on any course page (for the current course)

Parameters

bool $onlyifnotcalledbefore output content only if it has not been output before

Return values

string

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

◆ course_content_header()

core_renderer::course_content_header ( $onlyifnotcalledbefore = false )

Returns course-specific information to be output immediately above content on any course page (for the current course)

Parameters

bool $onlyifnotcalledbefore output content only if it has not been output before

Return values

string

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

◆ course_footer()

core_renderer::course_footer ( )

Returns course-specific information to be output on any course page in the footer area (for the current course)

Return values

string

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

◆ course_header()

core_renderer::course_header ( )

Returns course-specific information to be output on any course page in the header area (for the current course)

Return values

string

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

◆ custom_block_region()

core_renderer::custom_block_region ( $regionname )

Renders a custom block region.

Use this method if you want to add an additional block region to the content of the page. Please note this should only be used in special situations. We want to leave the theme is control where ever possible!

This method must use the same method that the theme uses within its layout file. As such it asks the theme what method it is using. It can be one of two values, blocks or blocks_for_region (deprecated).

Parameters

string $regionname The name of the custom region to add.

Return values

string HTML for the block region.

◆ custom_menu()

core_renderer::custom_menu ( $custommenuitems = '' )

Returns the custom menu if one has been set.

A custom menu can be configured by browsing to Settings: Administration > Appearance > Themes > Theme settings and then configuring the custommenu config setting as described.

Theme developers: DO NOT OVERRIDE! Please override function core_renderer::render_custom_menu() instead.

Parameters

string $custommenuitems - custom menuitems set by theme instead of global theme settings

Return values

string

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

◆ custom_menu_flat()

core_renderer::custom_menu_flat ( )

We want to show the custom menus as a list of links in the footer on small screens.

Just return the menu object exported so we can render it differently.

◆ darrow()

core_renderer::darrow ( )

Accessibility: Down arrow-like character.

If the theme does not set characters, appropriate defaults are set automatically.

Return values

string

◆ doc_link()

core_renderer::doc_link	(	$path,
		$text = `''`,
		$forcepopup = `false`
	)

Returns a string containing a link to the user documentation.

Also contains an icon by default. Shown to teachers and admin only.

Parameters

string	$path	The page link after doc root and language, no leading slash.
string	$text	The text to be displayed for the link
boolean	$forcepopup	Whether to force a popup regardless of the value of $CFG->doctonewwindow

Return values

string

◆ doctype()

core_renderer::doctype ( )

Get the DOCTYPE declaration that should be used with this page.

Designed to be called in theme layout.php files.

Return values

string the DOCTYPE declaration that should be used.

◆ download_dataformat_selector()

core_renderer::download_dataformat_selector	(	$label,
		$base,
		$name = `'dataformat'`,
		$params = `array()`
	)

Returns a dataformat selection and download form.

Parameters

string	$label	A text label
moodle_url \| string	$base	The download page url
string	$name	The query param which will hold the type of the download
array	$params	Extra params sent to the download page

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ edit_button()

core_renderer::edit_button ( moodle_url $url )

Returns HTML to display a "Turn editing on/off" button in a form.

Parameters

moodle_url $url The URL + params to send through when clicking the button

Return values

string HTML the button

◆ error_text()

core_renderer::error_text ( $message )

Output an error message.

By default wraps the error message in . If the error message is blank, nothing is output.

Parameters

string $message the error message.

Return values

string the HTML to output.

◆ fatal_error()

core_renderer::fatal_error	(	$message,
		$moreinfourl,
		$link,
		$backtrace,
		$debuginfo = `null`,
		$errorcode = `""`
	)

Do not call this function directly.

To terminate the current script with a fatal error, call the print_error function, or throw an exception. Doing either of those things will then call this function to display the error, before terminating the execution.

Parameters

string	$message	The message to output
string	$moreinfourl	URL where more info can be found about the error
string	$link	Link for the Continue button
array	$backtrace	The execution backtrace
string	$debuginfo	Debugging information

Return values

string the HTML to output.

Reimplemented in core_renderer_ajax, and core_renderer_cli.

◆ favicon()

core_renderer::favicon ( )

Returns the moodle_url for the favicon.

Since: Moodle 2.5.1 2.6

Return values

moodle_url The moodle_url for the favicon

◆ file_picker()

core_renderer::file_picker ( $options )

Returns HTML to display the file picker.

$OUTPUT->file_picker($options);

Theme developers: DO NOT OVERRIDE! Please override function core_renderer::render_file_picker() instead.

Parameters

array $options associative array with file manager options options are: maxbytes=>-1, itemid=>0, client_id=>uniqid(), acepted_types=>'*', return_types=>FILE_INTERNAL, context=>$PAGE->context

Return values

string HTML fragment

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

◆ footer()

core_renderer::footer ( )

Outputs the page's footer.

Return values

string HTML fragment

Reimplemented in core_renderer_ajax, and core_renderer_cli.

◆ full_header()

core_renderer::full_header ( )

Wrapper for header elements.

Return values

string HTML to display the main header.

◆ get_compact_logo_url()

renderer_base::get_compact_logo_url	(	$maxwidth = `300`,
		$maxheight = `300`
	)

inherited

Return the site's compact logo URL, if any.

Parameters

int	$maxwidth	The maximum width, or null when the maximum width does not matter.
int	$maxheight	The maximum height, or null when the maximum height does not matter.

Return values

moodle_url|false

◆ get_generated_color_for_id()

core_renderer::get_generated_color_for_id ( $id )

Get the course color to show on a course card.

Parameters

int $id Id to use when generating the color.

Return values

string hex color code.

◆ get_generated_image_for_id()

core_renderer::get_generated_image_for_id ( $id )

Get the course pattern datauri to show on a course card.

The datauri is an encoded svg that can be passed as a url.

Parameters

int $id Id to use when generating the pattern

Return values

string datauri

◆ get_logo_url()

renderer_base::get_logo_url	(	$maxwidth = `null`,
		$maxheight = `200`
	)

inherited

Return the site's logo URL, if any.

Parameters

int	$maxwidth	The maximum width, or null when the maximum width does not matter.
int	$maxheight	The maximum height, or null when the maximum height does not matter.

Return values

moodle_url|false

◆ get_mustache()

renderer_base::get_mustache ( )

protectedinherited

Return an instance of the mustache class.

Since: 2.9

Return values

Mustache_Engine

◆ has_started()

renderer_base::has_started ( )

inherited

Returns true is output has already started, and false if not.

Return values

boolean true if the header has been printed.

◆ header()

core_renderer::header ( )

Start output by sending the HTTP headers, and printing the HTML <head> and the start of the <body>.

To control what is printed, you should set properties on $PAGE. If you are familiar with the old print_header() function from Moodle 1.9 you will find that there are properties on $PAGE that correspond to most of the old parameters to could be passed to print_header.

Not that, in due course, the remaining $navigation, $menu parameters here will be replaced by more properties of $PAGE, but that is still to do.

Return values

string HTML that you must output this, preferably immediately.

Reimplemented in core_renderer_ajax, and core_renderer_cli.

◆ heading()

core_renderer::heading	(	$text,
		$level = `2`,
		$classes = `null`,
		$id = `null`
	)

Outputs a heading.

Parameters

string	$text	The text of the heading
int	$level	The level of importance of the heading. Defaulting to 2
string	$classes	A space-separated list of CSS classes. Defaulting to null
string	$id	An optional ID

Return values

string the HTML to output.

Reimplemented in core_renderer_ajax, and core_renderer_cli.

◆ heading_with_help()

core_renderer::heading_with_help	(	$text,
		$helpidentifier,
		$component = `'moodle'`,
		$icon = `''`,
		$iconalt = `''`,
		$level = `2`,
		$classnames = `null`
	)

Centered heading with attached help button (same title text) and optional icon attached.

Parameters

string	$text	A heading text
string	$helpidentifier	The keyword that defines a help page
string	$component	component name
string \| moodle_url	$icon
string	$iconalt	icon alt text
int	$level	The level of importance of the heading. Defaulting to 2
string	$classnames	A space-separated list of CSS classes. Defaulting to null

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ help_icon()

core_renderer::help_icon	(	$identifier,
		$component = `'moodle'`,
		$linktext = `''`
	)

Returns HTML to display a help icon.

Theme developers: DO NOT OVERRIDE! Please override function core_renderer::render_help_icon() instead.

Parameters

string	$identifier	The keyword that defines a help page
string	$component	component name
string \| bool	$linktext	true means use $title as link text, string means link text value

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ help_icon_scale()

core_renderer::help_icon_scale	(		$courseid,
		stdClass	$scale
	)

Returns HTML to display a scale help icon.

Parameters

int	$courseid
stdClass	$scale	instance

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ home_link()

core_renderer::home_link ( )

Return the 'back' link that normally appears in the footer.

Return values

string HTML fragment.

◆ htmlattributes()

core_renderer::htmlattributes ( )

The attributes that should be added to the <html> tag.

Designed to be called in theme layout.php files.

Return values

string HTML fragment.

◆ htmllize_file_tree()

core_renderer::htmllize_file_tree ( $dir )

Internal implementation of file tree viewer items rendering.

Parameters

array $dir

Return values

string

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

◆ image_icon()

core_renderer::image_icon	(		$pix,
			$alt,
			$component = `'moodle'`,
		array	$attributes = `null`
	)

Return HTML for an image_icon.

Theme developers: DO NOT OVERRIDE! Please override function core_renderer::render_image_icon() instead.

Parameters

string	$pix	short pix name
string	$alt	mandatory alt attribute
string	$component	standard compoennt name like 'moodle', 'mod_forum', etc.
array	$attributes	htm lattributes

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ image_url()

renderer_base::image_url	(	$imagename,
		$component = `'moodle'`
	)

inherited

Return the moodle_url for an image.

The exact image location and extension is determined automatically by searching for gif|png|jpg|jpeg, please note there can not be diferent images with the different extension. The imagename is for historical reasons a relative path name, it may be changed later for core images. It is recommended to not use subdirectories in plugin and theme pix directories.

There are three types of images: 1/ theme images - stored in theme/mytheme/pix/, use component 'theme' 2/ core images - stored in /pix/, overridden via theme/mytheme/pix_core/ 3/ plugin images - stored in mod/mymodule/pix, overridden via theme/mytheme/pix_plugins/mod/mymodule/, example: image_url('comment', 'mod_glossary')

Parameters

string	$imagename	the pathname of the image
string	$component	full plugin name (aka component) or 'theme'

Return values

moodle_url

◆ initials_bar()

core_renderer::initials_bar	(	$current,
		$class,
		$title,
		$urlvar,
		$url,
		$alpha = `null`
	)

Returns HTML to display initials bar to provide access to other pages (usually in a search)

Parameters

string	$current	the currently selected letter.
string	$class	class name to add to this initial bar.
string	$title	the name to put in front of this initial bar.
string	$urlvar	URL parameter name for this initial.
string	$url	URL object.
array	$alpha	of letters in the alphabet.

Return values

string the HTML to output.

◆ is_login_page()

core_renderer::is_login_page ( )

protected

Check whether the current page is a login page.

Since: Moodle 2.9

Return values

bool

◆ lang_menu()

core_renderer::lang_menu ( )

Returns lang menu or '', this method also checks forcing of languages in courses.

This function calls core_renderer::render_single_select() to actually display the language menu.

Return values

string The lang menu HTML or empty string

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

◆ larrow()

core_renderer::larrow ( )

Accessibility: Left arrow-like character is used in the breadcrumb trail, course navigation menu (previous/next activity), calendar, and search forum block.

If the theme does not set characters, appropriate defaults are set automatically. Please DO NOT use < > » - these are confusing for blind users.

Return values

string

◆ list_block_contents()

core_renderer::list_block_contents	(	$icons,
		$items
	)

Render the contents of a block_list.

Parameters

array	$icons	the icon for each item.
array	$items	the content of each item.

Return values

string HTML

◆ login_info()

core_renderer::login_info ( $withlinks = null )

Return the standard string that says whether you are logged in (and switched roles/logged in as another user).

Parameters

bool $withlinks if false, then don't include any links in the HTML produced. If not set, the default is the nologinlinks option from the theme config.php file, and if that is not set, then links are included.

Return values

string HTML fragment.

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

◆ main_content()

core_renderer::main_content ( )

Returns standard main content placeholder.

Designed to be called in theme layout.php files.

Return values

string HTML fragment.

◆ maintenance_warning()

core_renderer::maintenance_warning ( )

Scheduled maintenance warning message.

Note: This is a nasty hack to display maintenance notice, this should be moved to some general notification area once we have it.

Return values

string

◆ mform_element()

core_renderer::mform_element	(	$element,
		$required,
		$advanced,
		$error,
		$ingroup
	)

Renders an mform element from a template.

Parameters

HTML_QuickForm_element	$element	element
bool	$required	if input is required field
bool	$advanced	if input is an advanced field
string	$error	error message to display
bool	$ingroup	True if this element is rendered as part of a group

Return values

mixed string|bool

◆ navbar()

core_renderer::navbar ( )

This renders the navbar.

Uses bootstrap compatible html.

◆ navbar_plugin_output()

core_renderer::navbar_plugin_output ( )

Allow plugins to provide some content to be rendered in the navbar.

The plugin must define a PLUGIN_render_navbar_output function that returns the HTML they wish to add to the navbar.

Return values

string HTML for the navbar

◆ notification()

core_renderer::notification	(	$message,
		$type = `null`
	)

Output a notification (that is, a status message about something that has just happened).

Note: core\notification::add() may be more suitable for your usage.

Parameters

string	$message	The message to print out.
string	$type	The type of notification. See constants on core\output\notification.

Return values

string the HTML to output.

Reimplemented in core_renderer_ajax, and core_renderer_cli.

◆ notify_message()

core_renderer::notify_message ( )

Deprecated:: since Moodle 3.1 MDL-30811 - please do not use this function any more.

◆ notify_problem()

core_renderer::notify_problem ( )

Deprecated:: since Moodle 3.1 MDL-30811 - please do not use this function any more.

◆ notify_redirect()

core_renderer::notify_redirect ( )

Deprecated:: since Moodle 3.1 MDL-30811 - please do not use this function any more.

◆ notify_success()

core_renderer::notify_success ( )

Deprecated:: since Moodle 3.1 MDL-30811 - please do not use this function any more.

◆ old_help_icon()

core_renderer::old_help_icon	(	$helpidentifier,
		$title,
		$component = `'moodle'`,
		$linktext = `''`
	)

Returns HTML to display a help icon.

Deprecated:: since Moodle 2.0

◆ page_doc_link()

core_renderer::page_doc_link ( $text = null )

Returns the Moodle docs link to use for this page.

Since: Moodle 2.5.1 2.6

Parameters

string $text

Return values

string

◆ page_heading()

core_renderer::page_heading ( $tag = 'h1' )

Gets HTML for the page heading.

Since: Moodle 2.5.1 2.6

Parameters

string $tag The tag to encase the heading in. h1 by default.

Return values

string HTML.

◆ page_heading_button()

core_renderer::page_heading_button ( )

Gets the HTML for the page heading button.

Since: Moodle 2.5.1 2.6

Return values

string HTML.

◆ page_heading_menu()

core_renderer::page_heading_menu ( )

Returns the page heading menu.

Since: Moodle 2.5.1 2.6

Return values

string HTML.

◆ page_title()

core_renderer::page_title ( )

Returns the title to use on the page.

Since: Moodle 2.5.1 2.6

Return values

string

◆ paging_bar()

core_renderer::paging_bar	(	$totalcount,
		$page,
		$perpage,
		$baseurl,
		$pagevar = `'page'`
	)

Returns HTML to display a single paging bar to provide access to other pages (usually in a search)

Theme developers: DO NOT OVERRIDE! Please override function core_renderer::render_paging_bar() instead.

Parameters

int	$totalcount	The total number of entries available to be paged through
int	$page	The page you are currently viewing
int	$perpage	The number of entries that should be shown per page
string \| moodle_url	$baseurl	url of the current page, the $pagevar parameter is added
string	$pagevar	name of page parameter that holds the page number

Return values

string the HTML to output.

◆ pix_icon()

core_renderer::pix_icon	(		$pix,
			$alt,
			$component = `'moodle'`,
		array	$attributes = `null`
	)

Return HTML for a pix_icon.

Theme developers: DO NOT OVERRIDE! Please override function core_renderer::render_pix_icon() instead.

Parameters

string	$pix	short pix name
string	$alt	mandatory alt attribute
string	$component	standard compoennt name like 'moodle', 'mod_forum', etc.
array	$attributes	htm lattributes

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ pix_url()

renderer_base::pix_url	(	$imagename,
		$component = `'moodle'`
	)

inherited

Return the direct URL for an image from the pix folder.

Use this function sparingly and never for icons. For icons use pix_icon or the pix helper in a mustache template.

Deprecated:: since Moodle 3.3

Parameters

string	$imagename	the name of the icon.
string	$component	specification of one plugin like in get_string()

Return values

moodle_url

◆ prepare_classes()

static renderer_base::prepare_classes ( $classes )

staticinherited

Given an array or space-separated list of classes, prepares and returns the HTML class attribute value.

Parameters

mixed $classes Space-separated string or array of classes

Return values

string HTML class attribute value

◆ print_textarea()

core_renderer::print_textarea	(	$name,
		$id,
		$value,
		$rows,
		$cols
	)

Returns the HTML for a basic textarea field.

Parameters

string	$name	Name to use for the textarea element
string	$id	The id to use fort he textarea element
string	$value	Initial content to display in the textarea
int	$rows	Number of rows to display
int	$cols	Number of columns to display

Return values

string the HTML to display

◆ rarrow()

core_renderer::rarrow ( )

Accessibility: Right arrow-like character is used in the breadcrumb trail, course navigation menu (previous/next activity), calendar, and search forum block.

If the theme does not set characters, appropriate defaults are set automatically. Please DO NOT use < > » - these are confusing for blind users.

Return values

string

◆ redirect_message()

core_renderer::redirect_message	(	$encodedurl,
		$message,
		$delay,
		$debugdisableredirect,
		$messagetype = `core\output\notification::NOTIFY_INFO`
	)

Redirects the user by any means possible given the current state.

This function should not be called directly, it should always be called using the redirect function in lib/weblib.php

The redirect function should really only be called before page output has started however it will allow itself to be called during the state STATE_IN_BODY

Parameters

string	$encodedurl	The URL to send to encoded if required
string	$message	The message to display to the user if any
int	$delay	The delay before redirecting a user, if $message has been set this is a requirement and defaults to 3, set to 0 no delay
boolean	$debugdisableredirect	this redirect has been disabled for debugging purposes. Display a message that explains, and don't trigger the redirect.
string	$messagetype	The type of notification to show the message in. See constants on core\output\notification.

Return values

string The HTML to display to the user before dying, may contain meta refresh, javascript refresh, and may have set header redirects

Reimplemented in core_renderer_ajax.

◆ region_main_settings_menu()

core_renderer::region_main_settings_menu ( )

This is an optional menu that can be added to a layout by a theme.

It contains the menu for the most specific thing from the settings block. E.g. Module administration.

Return values

string

◆ render()

renderer_base::render ( renderable $widget )

inherited

Returns rendered widget.

The provided widget needs to be an object that extends the renderable interface. If will then be rendered by a method based upon the classname for the widget. For instance a widget of class crazywidget will be rendered by a protected render_crazywidget method of this renderer. If no render_crazywidget method exists and crazywidget implements templatable, look for the 'crazywidget' template in the same component and render that.

Parameters

renderable $widget instance with renderable interface

Return values

string

Reimplemented in plugin_renderer_base, and tool_policy\output\renderer.

◆ render_action_link()

core_renderer::render_action_link ( action_link $link )

protected

Renders an action_link object.

The provided link is renderer and the HTML returned. At the same time the associated actions are setup in JS by core_renderer::add_action_handler()

Parameters

action_link $link

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_action_menu()

core_renderer::render_action_menu ( action_menu $menu )

Renders an action menu component.

Parameters

action_menu $menu

Return values

string HTML

◆ render_action_menu_filler()

core_renderer::render_action_menu_filler ( action_menu_filler $action )

protected

Renders a primary action_menu_filler item.

Parameters

action_menu_link_filler $action

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_action_menu_link()

core_renderer::render_action_menu_link ( action_menu_link $action )

protected

Renders an action_menu_link item.

Parameters

action_menu_link $action

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_action_menu_link_primary()

core_renderer::render_action_menu_link_primary ( action_menu_link_primary $action )

protected

Renders a primary action_menu_link item.

Parameters

action_menu_link_primary $action

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_action_menu_link_secondary()

core_renderer::render_action_menu_link_secondary ( action_menu_link_secondary $action )

protected

Renders a secondary action_menu_link item.

Parameters

action_menu_link_secondary $action

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_breadcrumb_navigation_node()

core_renderer::render_breadcrumb_navigation_node ( breadcrumb_navigation_node $item )

protected

Renders a breadcrumb navigation node object.

Parameters

breadcrumb_navigation_node $item The navigation node to render.

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_chart()

core_renderer::render_chart	(	\core\chart_base	$chart,
			$withtable = `true`
	)

Renders a chart.

Parameters

core\chart_base	$chart	The chart.
bool	$withtable	Whether to include a data table with the chart.

Return values

string.

◆ render_chart_bar()

core_renderer::render_chart_bar ( \core\chart_bar $chart )

Renders a bar chart.

Parameters

core\chart_bar $chart The chart.

Return values

string.

◆ render_chart_line()

core_renderer::render_chart_line ( \core\chart_line $chart )

Renders a line chart.

Parameters

core\chart_line $chart The chart.

Return values

string.

◆ render_chart_pie()

core_renderer::render_chart_pie ( \core\chart_pie $chart )

Renders a pie chart.

Parameters

core\chart_pie $chart The chart.

Return values

string.

◆ render_checkbox_toggleall()

core_renderer::render_checkbox_toggleall ( \core\output\checkbox_toggleall $element )

Renders element for a toggle-all checkbox.

Parameters

core\output\checkbox_toggleall $element

Return values

string

◆ render_context_header()

core_renderer::render_context_header ( context_header $contextheader )

protected

Renders the header bar.

Parameters

context_header $contextheader Header bar object.

Return values

string HTML for the header bar.

◆ render_custom_menu()

core_renderer::render_custom_menu ( custom_menu $menu )

protected

Renders a custom menu object (located in outputcomponents.php)

The custom menu this method produces makes use of the YUI3 menunav widget and requires very specific html elements and classes.

@staticvar int $menucount

Parameters

custom_menu $menu

Return values

string

◆ render_custom_menu_item()

core_renderer::render_custom_menu_item ( custom_menu_item $menunode )

protected

Renders a custom menu node as part of a submenu.

The custom menu this method produces makes use of the YUI3 menunav widget and requires very specific html elements and classes.

See also: core:renderer::render_custom_menu()

@staticvar int $submenucount

Parameters

custom_menu_item $menunode

Return values

string

◆ render_digital_minor_page()

core_renderer::render_digital_minor_page ( $page )

protected

Render the digital minor contact information page into a nice template for the theme.

Parameters

core_auth\output\digital_minor_page $page The renderable

Return values

string

◆ render_file_picker()

core_renderer::render_file_picker ( file_picker $fp )

Internal implementation of file picker rendering.

Parameters

file_picker $fp

Return values

string

◆ render_from_template()

renderer_base::render_from_template	(	$templatename,
		$context
	)

inherited

Renders a template by name with the given context.

The provided data needs to be array/stdClass made up of only simple types. Simple types are array,stdClass,bool,int,float,string

Since: 2.9

Parameters

array | stdClass $context Context containing data for the template.

Return values

string|boolean

◆ render_help_icon()

core_renderer::render_help_icon ( help_icon $helpicon )

protected

Implementation of user image rendering.

Parameters

help_icon $helpicon A help icon instance

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_image_icon()

core_renderer::render_image_icon ( image_icon $icon )

protected

Renders a pix_icon widget and returns the HTML to display it.

Parameters

image_icon $icon

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_initials_bar()

core_renderer::render_initials_bar ( initials_bar $initialsbar )

protected

Internal implementation of initials bar rendering.

Parameters

initials_bar $initialsbar

Return values

string

◆ render_inplace_editable()

core_renderer::render_inplace_editable ( \core\output\inplace_editable $element )

Renders element for inline editing of any value.

Parameters

core\output\inplace_editable $element

Return values

string

◆ render_login()

core_renderer::render_login ( \core_auth\output\login $form )

Renders the login form.

Parameters

core_auth\output\login $form The renderable.

Return values

string

◆ render_login_signup_form()

core_renderer::render_login_signup_form ( $form )

Render the login signup form into a nice template for the theme.

Parameters

mform $form

Return values

string

◆ render_navigation_node()

core_renderer::render_navigation_node ( navigation_node $item )

protected

Renders a navigation node object.

Parameters

navigation_node $item The navigation node to render.

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_notification()

core_renderer::render_notification ( \core\output\notification $notification )

protected

Render a notification (that is, a status message about something that has just happened).

Parameters

core\output\notification $notification the notification to print out

Return values

string the HTML to output.

Reimplemented in core_renderer_cli.

◆ render_page_layout()

core_renderer::render_page_layout ( $layoutfile )

protected

Renders and outputs the page layout file.

This is done by preparing the normal globals available to a script, and then including the layout file provided by the current theme for the requested layout.

Parameters

string $layoutfile The name of the layout file

Return values

string HTML code

◆ render_paging_bar()

core_renderer::render_paging_bar ( paging_bar $pagingbar )

protected

Returns HTML to display the paging bar.

Parameters

paging_bar $pagingbar

Return values

string the HTML to output.

◆ render_pix_emoticon()

core_renderer::render_pix_emoticon ( pix_emoticon $emoticon )

protected

Return HTML to display an emoticon icon.

Parameters

pix_emoticon $emoticon

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_pix_icon()

core_renderer::render_pix_icon ( pix_icon $icon )

protected

Renders a pix_icon widget and returns the HTML to display it.

Parameters

pix_icon $icon

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_preferences_group()

core_renderer::render_preferences_group ( preferences_group $renderable )

Renders preferences group.

Parameters

preferences_group $renderable The renderable

Return values

string The output.

◆ render_preferences_groups()

core_renderer::render_preferences_groups ( preferences_groups $renderable )

Renders preferences groups.

Parameters

preferences_groups $renderable The renderable

Return values

string The output.

◆ render_progress_bar()

core_renderer::render_progress_bar ( progress_bar $bar )

Renders a progress bar.

Do not use $OUTPUT->render($bar), instead use progress_bar::create().

Parameters

progress_bar $bar The bar.

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_rating()

core_renderer::render_rating ( rating $rating )

Produces the html that represents this rating in the UI.

Parameters

rating $rating the page object on which this rating will appear

Return values

string

◆ render_single_button()

core_renderer::render_single_button ( single_button $button )

protected

Renders a single button widget.

This will return HTML to display a form containing a single button.

Parameters

single_button $button

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_single_select()

core_renderer::render_single_select ( single_select $select )

protected

Internal implementation of single_select rendering.

Parameters

single_select $select

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_skip_links()

core_renderer::render_skip_links ( $links )

Renders the skip links for the page.

Parameters

array $links List of skip links.

Return values

string HTML for the skip links.

◆ render_tabobject()

core_renderer::render_tabobject ( tabobject $tabobject )

protected

Renders tabobject (part of tabtree)

This function is called from core_renderer::render_tabtree() and also it calls itself when printing the $tabobject subtree recursively.

Property $tabobject->level indicates the number of row of tabs.

Parameters

tabobject $tabobject

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_tabtree()

core_renderer::render_tabtree ( tabtree $tabtree )

protected

Renders tabtree.

Parameters

tabtree $tabtree

Return values

string

◆ render_url_select()

core_renderer::render_url_select ( url_select $select )

protected

Internal implementation of url_select rendering.

Parameters

url_select $select

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ render_user_picture()

core_renderer::render_user_picture ( user_picture $userpicture )

protected

Internal implementation of user image rendering.

Parameters

user_picture $userpicture

Return values

string

◆ render_verify_age_location_page()

core_renderer::render_verify_age_location_page ( $page )

protected

Render the verify age and location page into a nice template for the theme.

Parameters

core_auth\output\verify_age_location_page $page The renderable

Return values

string

◆ search_box()

core_renderer::search_box ( $id = false )

Returns a search box.

Parameters

string $id The search box wrapper div id, defaults to an autogenerated one.

Return values

string HTML with the search form hidden by default.

◆ should_display_main_logo()

renderer_base::should_display_main_logo ( $headinglevel = 1 )

inherited

Whether we should display the main logo.

Parameters

int $headinglevel The heading level we want to check against.

Return values

bool

◆ should_display_navbar_logo()

renderer_base::should_display_navbar_logo ( )

inherited

Whether we should display the logo in the navbar.

We will when there are no main logos, and we have compact logo.

Return values

bool

◆ single_button()

core_renderer::single_button	(		$url,
			$label,
			$method = `'post'`,
		array	$options = `null`
	)

Returns a form with a single button.

Theme developers: DO NOT OVERRIDE! Please override function core_renderer::render_single_button() instead.

Parameters

string \| moodle_url	$url
string	$label	button text
string	$method	get or post submit method
array	$options	associative array {disabled, title, etc.}

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ single_select()

core_renderer::single_select	(		$url,
			$name,
		array	$options,
			$selected = `''`,
			$nothing = `array('' => 'choosedots')`,
			$formid = `null`,
			$attributes = `array()`
	)

Returns a form with a single select widget.

Theme developers: DO NOT OVERRIDE! Please override function core_renderer::render_single_select() instead.

Parameters

moodle_url	$url	form action target, includes hidden fields
string	$name	name of selection field - the changing parameter in url
array	$options	list of options
string	$selected	selected element
array	$nothing
string	$formid
array	$attributes	other attributes for the single select

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ skip_link_target()

core_renderer::skip_link_target ( $id = null )

Output the place a skip link goes to.

Parameters

string $id The target name from the corresponding $PAGE->requires->skip_link_to($target) call.

Return values

string the HTML to output.

◆ spacer()

core_renderer::spacer	(	array	$attributes = `null`,
			$br = `false`
	)

Creates and returns a spacer image with optional line break.

Parameters

array	$attributes	Any HTML attributes to add to the spaced.
bool	$br	Include a BR after the spacer.... DON'T USE THIS. Don't be laxy do it with CSS which is a much better solution.

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ standard_after_main_region_html()

core_renderer::standard_after_main_region_html ( )

The standard HTML that should be output just before the <footer> tag.

Designed to be called in theme layout.php files.

Return values

string HTML fragment.

◆ standard_end_of_body_html()

core_renderer::standard_end_of_body_html ( )

The standard tags (typically script tags that are not needed earlier) that should be output after everything else.

Designed to be called in theme layout.php files.

Return values

string HTML fragment.

◆ standard_footer_html()

core_renderer::standard_footer_html ( )

The standard tags (typically performance information and validation links, if we are in developer debug mode) that should be output in the footer area of the page.

Designed to be called in theme layout.php files.

Return values

string HTML fragment.

◆ standard_head_html()

core_renderer::standard_head_html ( )

The standard tags (meta tags, links to stylesheets and JavaScript, etc.) that should be included in the <head> tag.

Designed to be called in theme layout.php files.

Return values

string HTML fragment.

◆ standard_top_of_body_html()

core_renderer::standard_top_of_body_html ( )

The standard tags (typically skip links) that should be output just inside the start of the <body> tag.

Designed to be called in theme layout.php files.

Return values

string HTML fragment.

◆ tabtree()

core_renderer::tabtree	(	$tabs,
		$selected = `null`,
		$inactive = `null`
	)

final

Renders tabs.

This function replaces print_tabs() used before Moodle 2.5 but with slightly different arguments

Theme developers: In order to change how tabs are displayed please override functions } and/or core_renderer::render_tabobject()

Parameters

array	$tabs	array of tabs, each of them may have it's own ->subtree
string \| null	$selected	which tab to mark as selected, all parent tabs will automatically be marked as activated
array \| string \| null	$inactive	list of ids of inactive tabs, regardless of their level. Note that you can as weel specify tabobject::$inactive for separate instances

Return values

string

◆ tag_list()

core_renderer::tag_list	(	$tags,
		$label = `null`,
		$classes = `''`,
		$limit = `10`,
		$pagecontext = `null`,
		$accesshidelabel = `false`
	)

Displays the list of tags associated with an entry.

Parameters

array	$tags	list of instances of core_tag or stdClass
string	$label	label to display in front, by default 'Tags' (get_string('tags')), set to null to use default, set to '' (empty string) to omit the label completely
string	$classes	additional classes for the enclosing div element
int	$limit	limit the number of tags to display, if size of $tags is more than this limit the "more" link will be appended to the end, JS will toggle the rest of the tags
context	$pagecontext	specify if needed to overwrite the current page context for the view tag link
bool	$accesshidelabel	if true, the label should have class="accesshide" added.

Return values

string

◆ theme_switch_links()

core_renderer::theme_switch_links ( )

protected

Renders theme links for switching between default and other themes.

Return values

string

◆ tree_block_contents()

core_renderer::tree_block_contents	(	$items,
		$attrs = `array()`
	)

Make nested HTML lists out of the items.

The resulting list will look something like this:

<




<>(item contents)
     <



>(item contents)<>
     <>
<>
<>

Parameters

array	$items
array	$attrs	html attributes passed to the top ofs the list

Return values

string HTML

◆ uarrow()

core_renderer::uarrow ( )

Accessibility: Up arrow-like character is used in the book heirarchical navigation.

If the theme does not set characters, appropriate defaults are set automatically. Please DO NOT use ^ - this is confusing for blind users.

Return values

string

◆ update_module_button()

core_renderer::update_module_button ( )

Deprecated:: since Moodle 3.2

◆ url_select()

core_renderer::url_select	(	array	$urls,
			$selected,
			$nothing = `array('' => 'choosedots')`,
			$formid = `null`
	)

Returns a form with a url select widget.

Theme developers: DO NOT OVERRIDE! Please override function core_renderer::render_url_select() instead.

Parameters

array	$urls	list of urls - array('/course/view.php?id=1'=>'Frontpage', ....)
string	$selected	selected element
array	$nothing
string	$formid

Return values

string HTML fragment

◆ user_menu()

core_renderer::user_menu	(	$user = `null`,
		$withlinks = `null`
	)

Construct a user menu, returning HTML that can be echoed out by a layout file.

Parameters

stdClass	$user	A user object, usually $USER.
bool	$withlinks	true if a dropdown should be built.

Return values

string HTML fragment.

◆ user_picture()

core_renderer::user_picture	(	stdClass	$user,
		array	$options = `null`
	)

Returns HTML to display the specified user's avatar.

User avatar may be obtained in two ways:

// Option 1: (shortcut for simple cases, preferred way)
// $user has come from the DB and has fields id, picture, imagealt, firstname and lastname
$OUTPUT->user_picture($user, array('popup'=>true));

// Option 2:
$userpic = new user_picture($user);
// Set properties of $userpic
$userpic->popup = true;
$OUTPUT->render($userpic);

Theme developers: DO NOT OVERRIDE! Please override function core_renderer::render_user_picture() instead.

Parameters

stdClass	$user	Object with at least fields id, picture, imagealt, firstname, lastname If any of these are missing, the database is queried. Avoid this if at all possible, particularly for reports. It is very bad for performance.
array	$options	associative array with user picture options, used only if not a user_picture object, options are: courseid=$this->page->course->id (course id of user profile in link) size=35 (size of image) link=true (make image clickable - the link leads to user profile) popup=false (open in popup) alttext=true (add image alt attribute) class = image class attribute (default 'userpicture') visibletoscreenreaders=true (whether to be visible to screen readers) includefullname=false (whether to include the user's full name together with the user picture) includetoken = false (whether to use a token for authentication. True for current user, int value for other user id)

Return values

string HTML fragment

Reimplemented in core_renderer_maintenance.

Member Data Documentation

◆ MAIN_CONTENT_TOKEN

string const core_renderer::MAIN_CONTENT_TOKEN = '[MAIN CONTENT GOES HERE]'

Do NOT use, please use <?php echo $OUTPUT->main_content() ?> in layout files instead.

Deprecated:: used in core_renderer::header().

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

lib/outputrenderers.php

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Public Attributes

Protected Member Functions

Protected Attributes

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ __construct()

Member Function Documentation

◆ action_icon()

◆ action_link()

◆ activity_navigation()

◆ add_action_handler()

◆ block()

◆ block_controls()

◆ block_move_target()

◆ blocks()

◆ blocks_for_region()

◆ body_attributes()

◆ body_css_classes()

◆ body_id()

◆ box()

◆ box_end()

◆ box_start()

◆ build_action_menu_from_navigation()

◆ close_window_button()

◆ confirm()

◆ container()

◆ container_end()

◆ container_end_all()

◆ container_start()

◆ context_header_settings_menu()

◆ continue_button()

◆ course_content_footer()

◆ course_content_header()

◆ course_footer()

◆ course_header()

◆ custom_block_region()

◆ custom_menu()

◆ custom_menu_flat()

◆ darrow()

◆ doc_link()

◆ doctype()

◆ download_dataformat_selector()

◆ edit_button()

◆ error_text()

◆ fatal_error()

◆ favicon()

◆ file_picker()

◆ footer()

◆ full_header()

◆ get_compact_logo_url()

◆ get_generated_color_for_id()

◆ get_generated_image_for_id()

◆ get_logo_url()

◆ get_mustache()

◆ has_started()

◆ header()

◆ heading()

◆ heading_with_help()

◆ help_icon()

◆ help_icon_scale()

◆ home_link()

◆ htmlattributes()

◆ htmllize_file_tree()

◆ image_icon()

◆ image_url()

◆ initials_bar()

◆ is_login_page()

◆ lang_menu()

◆ larrow()

◆ list_block_contents()

◆ login_info()

◆ main_content()

◆ maintenance_warning()

◆ mform_element()

◆ navbar()

◆ navbar_plugin_output()

◆ notification()

◆ notify_message()

◆ notify_problem()