Theme username to include add/remove from buddylist links (#39203) · Issues · project / buddylist

Theme username to include add/remove from buddylist links

>>> [!note] Migrated issue   Reported by: [mfredrickson](https://www.drupal.org/user/31994) >>> At the moment, I think the buddylist interface is a little cumbersome. To add a buddy, a user must first navigate to a user's profile page. This is not obvious to causal users. I think a better method would be to replace all usernames on a site with username (add to buddylist) or username (remove from buddylist). This gives an immediate way to add any user to your buddylist. Quick, easy, intuitive. This functionality can be implemented by having the module override the <code>phptemplate_username</code> function. Pros: <ul> <li>Easy for users to immediately add people to a buddylist</li> <li>Easy for developers, the logic behind add/removing buddylist links can be handled in one place</li> <li>Easy to include in the module, no need for extra template files</li> <li>Less obtrusive than a block, and can apply to multi-node pages - a block would be useless on a multi-node page</li> </ul> Cons: <ul> <li>Overriding the phptemplate function is total hack of theme system</li> <li>Themes might have problems really overriding the look of usernames</li> <li>Inefficient: scanning the buddylist multiple times for everyuser could be CPU intensive, but I think it could easily be an opportunity for some optimization and caching</li> </ul> To test this patch, just drop the following code into your buddylist file (I think it will only work in HEAD): <pre><?php function phptemplate_username($object) {   global $user;     /* Use the default theme_username for anonymous users, nodes by this user */   if ($user->uid == 0 || $object->uid == $user->uid || $object->uid == 0) {     return theme_username($object);   }     /* an array, keyed on buddy uids */   $buddies = buddylist_get_buddies($user->uid);     /* Find out if this buddy is in the user's buddy list */   foreach ($buddies as $buddyuid => $buddystructure) {     if ($buddyuid == $object->uid) {       $output .= theme_username($object);       $output .= " (";       $output .= l(t('remove from buddylist'), 'buddy/delete/' . $object->uid);       $output .= ")";             return $output;     }   }     /* The user is not in the buddylist, give a link to add */   $output .= theme_username($object);   $output .= " (";   $output .= l(t('add to buddylist'), 'buddy/add/' . $object->uid);   $output .= ")";         return $output; } ?></pre>

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