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I have a View of nodes, rendered using a Display Suite view mode. I need for users to either view the page with or without an argument in the path. If they don't enter an argument, I want the nodes in the View to render normally, but if they do, like someview/10, I simply want to add a CSS class for that node in preprocess. I have the Context module installed, so I'd like to be able to use that, but it doesn't seem like I can specify path arguments that I maybe set a context for that I can check for in the node preprocess. Or if I can do it in Views somehow, that would be great, but I can't seem to figure that out.

This functionality is for a nojs user. For js users, I just send the ajax commands back and set the CSS, but for nojs, I need to route them (I guess with drupal_goto()) to the View with the nid as an argument.

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Here's a sketch of what you could do, using a custom module:

  1. Define a menu entry for someview/%node.
  2. Define a callback function for the menu entry with a node argument.
  3. Store the node ID for later use. This could be done using drupal_static or the context API.
  4. In your preprocess function, retrieve the node ID and add a CSS class if required.

You could also use Panels to achieve a similar end, I think, but this is a fairly lightweight, if specific solution.

Let me know if you need a fuller explanation. I realise not everyone is familiar with Drupal APIs.

So your menu callback might look like:
function mymodule_callback($node) {
 context_set("mymodule", "active_nid", $node->nid);
 return views_embed_view((... ...);
}

and in the preprocess:

$active_nid= context_get("mymodule", "active_nid");
 if($active_nid==$node->nid) {
 ...
}
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Ah, yes. That is what I was thinking, with the context API. I haven't used it yet; what is the best way to go about it? –  vintorg Oct 23 '13 at 22:39
 
I haven't used it either, but I looked into it a while back and I believe you can use context_set() and context_get() for this purpose. So your menu callback might look like: function mymodule_callback($node) { context_set("mymodule", "active_nid", $node->nid); return views_embed_view((... ...); } and in the preprocess: $active_nid= context_get("mymodule", "active_nid"); if($active_nid==$node->nid) { ... } –  Alfred Armstrong Oct 24 '13 at 7:49
 
I have added what I was trying to say to my answer. Code is hard to format in comments! –  Alfred Armstrong Oct 24 '13 at 7:56
 
Thanks! That is exactly what I was wanting to do. I really need to get up to speed on context. –  vintorg Oct 24 '13 at 18:36
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