13.11.2025 | Michael Ebert

How to alter the langcode of a field for accessibility reasons

my_module.module

function my_module_preprocess_field(&$variables): void {
  if ($variables['element']['#bundle'] == 'my_bundle') {
    if (in_array($variables['element']['#field_name'], ['my_field'])) {
      $variables['attributes']['lang'] = 'en';
    }
  }
}

Issue:

You want to assign a language to a certain part of your node which differs from the set content language. That could be the case if you need to make it more readable for disabled persons who use a screenreader.

Solution:

Use a preprocess_field hook and set the lang attribute of that field to e.g. "en" for English. We only want this to work on nodes from the "my_bundle" type.

Similar results may also be achieved using the CKEditor Text part language plugin.

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16.07.2026 | Lothar Ferreira Neumann

How to translate the Maxlength Countdown message label globally

A Drupal backend screenshot showing the "Count down message" field

Leave this field empty to allow for translation via Drupal interface translation.

Example configuration created by enabling Maxlength:

core.entity_form_display.node.article_not_translatable.default.yml

# ...
content:
  field_copyright:
    type: text_textarea
    weight: 3
    region: content
    settings:
      rows: 2
      placeholder: ''
    third_party_settings:
      allowed_formats:
        hide_help: '1'
        hide_guidelines: '1'
      maxlength:
        maxlength_js: null
        maxlength_js_label: 'Content limited to @limit characters, remaining: <strong>@remaining</strong>'
        maxlength_js_enforce: false
# ...

However, the module already contains fallback logic for this label in maxlength.module:

maxlength.module

$maxlength_js_label = !empty($thirdPartySettings['maxlength']['maxlength_js_label']) ? $thirdPartySettings['maxlength']['maxlength_js_label'] : t('Content limited to @limit characters, remaining: <strong>@remaining</strong>');
$maxlength_js = $thirdPartySettings['maxlength']['maxlength_js'];

Working configuration: empty the label

core.entity_form_display.node.article_translatable.default.yml

# ...
content:
  field_copyright:
    type: text_textarea
    weight: 3
    region: content
    settings:
      rows: 2
      placeholder: ''
    third_party_settings:
      allowed_formats:
        hide_help: '1'
        hide_guidelines: '1'
      maxlength:
        maxlength_js: null
        maxlength_js_label: ''
        maxlength_js_enforce: false
# ...

With the label empty, the module falls back to its internal t() string, which can then be translated normally via the interface translation system.

yml

module

maxlength

translation

30.04.2026 | Pascal Crott

Prevent empty views blocks from getting rendered even if they are empty.

Issue: https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/953034

my_module.module

<?php

use Drupal\views\Plugin\Block\ViewsBlock;

/**
 * Implements hook_block_alter().
 */
function hook_block_alter(array &$definitions) {
  foreach ($definitions as $block_id => &$block_definition) {
    if ($block_definition['class'] === ViewsBlock::class) {
      $block_definition['class'] = 'Drupal\my_module\Plugin\Block\ViewsBlock';
    }
  }
}

ViewsBlock.php

<?php

namespace Drupal\my_module\Plugin\Block;

use Drupal\views\Plugin\Block\ViewsBlock as ViewsBlockCore;

/**
 * Replaces the generic Views block.
 */
class ViewsBlock extends ViewsBlockCore {

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function build() {
    if (empty($this->view->result) && empty($this->view->empty)) {
      // Without caching.
      // return ['#cache' => ['max-age' => 0]];
      // With hard caching.
      return [];
    }

    return parent::build();
  }

}

module

php

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