Module template for a comment field is not triggering comment_preprocess_field

inertiahz

3/7/24, 7:22 PM

I have a custom module in which I am trying to override a comment field's template in Drupal 9.3.

In my module file I have defined the hook_theme to override the core template in use. (comment.html.twig), which works, but it is not triggering the comment_preprocess_field hook in comment.module which then assigns the comment variables to the template.

My module file hook_theme is:

function MODULE_theme() {
  return [
    'field__field_FIELD_NAME' => [
      'base_hook' => 'field',
    ]
  ];
}

This works and my custom template is displayed, but it is missing the comments variables passed from comment_preprocess_field.

If I place the template in my theme, the comment_preprocess_field hook runs and the variables are added to the template, but not when done from a custom module.

Does anyone know how to get the hook comment_preprocess_field to run when overriding a comment field template in a module?

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Clive

3/7/24, 10:18 PM

Use base hook, instead of base_hook (no underscore):

function MODULE_theme() {
  return [
    'field__field_FIELD_NAME' => [
      'base hook' => 'field',
    ]
  ];
}

That should invoke the preprocess as normal. You'll need to rebuild caches after making the change.

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inertiahz

3/8/24, 11:42 AM

Thank you! I should have known something was up when I searched the codebase and couldn't find any uses of 'base_hook'!

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