dashboard.api.php

Hooks provided by the Dashboard module.

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modules/dashboard/dashboard.api.php

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<?php


/**
 * @file
 * Hooks provided by the Dashboard module.
 */

/**
 * @addtogroup hooks
 * @{
 */

/**
 * Add regions to the dashboard.
 *
 * @return
 *   An array whose keys are the names of the dashboard regions and whose
 *   values are the titles that will be displayed in the blocks administration
 *   interface. The keys are also used as theme wrapper functions.
 */
function hook_dashboard_regions() {
    // Define a new dashboard region. Your module can also then define
    // theme_mymodule_dashboard_region() as a theme wrapper function to control
    // the region's appearance.
    return array(
        'mymodule_dashboard_region' => "My module's dashboard region",
    );
}

/**
 * Alter dashboard regions provided by modules.
 *
 * @param $regions
 *   An array containing all dashboard regions, in the format provided by
 *   hook_dashboard_regions().
 */
function hook_dashboard_regions_alter(&$regions) {
    // Remove the sidebar region defined by the core dashboard module.
    unset($regions['dashboard_sidebar']);
}

/**
 * @} End of "addtogroup hooks".
 */

Functions

Title Deprecated Summary
hook_dashboard_regions Add regions to the dashboard.
hook_dashboard_regions_alter Alter dashboard regions provided by modules.

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