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Well i've tried the following code to insert an attribute to the user-account link on installation profile.It works for all other menu items (Home[]), except the user-account link, probably due to the reason it is rebuilt again.

<?php $path = 'user'; // Check for user (My account) menu item. $existing_item = db_select('menu_links') ->fields('menu_links') ->condition('link_path', $path) //->condition('module', 'system') ->execute()->fetchAssoc(); $item = array( 'mlid' => $existing['mlid'], 'link_path' => $existing['link_path'], 'link_title' => $existing['link_title'], //'menu_name' => $existing['menu_name'], 'router_path' => $existing['router_path'], //'module' => $existing['module'], //'plid' => $existing['plid'], 'options' => array( 'attributes' => array( 'target' => '_blank', ), ), ); // $item['options'] = serialize($item['options']); // $item = _menu_link_build($item); // $link['options'] = serialize($link['options']); if (menu_link_save($item, $existing) == $existing['mlid']) { drupal_set_message(t('User menu target attribute updated')); }

The above code :

  1. selects form the database the {menu_links} record for 'user' menu item.
  2. Alter the options in the $item['options'] array
  3. Performs menu_link_save() on the existing item since we have given an existing $mlid

Well, i've tried menu_cache_clear, rebuilds, straight altering the database values.. everything! but the "My account" link is rebuilded after my profile installation routines, even though is the last one.

How this will work? How can i achieve this kind of alteration in installation profile?

In general, is it possible to override module-defined menu items options/properties in profile, or hook_menu() will run always after my code and revoke all my changes?

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Perhaps you could use:

hook_menu_alter

Not sure if it'll work with option attributes, but worth a try.

e.g

/** * Implements hook_menu_alter */ PROFILE_menu_alter(&$items){ $items['user']['options'] = array('attributes' => array('target' => '_blank')); }

Alternatively, it would be easy enough to add the _blank attr with jQuery.

e.g:

$('body.some-class #user-menu-link a').attr('target', '_blank');

Update: added example PROFILE_ option for menu_alter hook

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  • Yeah , i could find a million ways to just add the attribute.That could be implemented in a module, but not in a profile installation...thnx Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 11:49
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    You can implement PROFILENAME_menu_alter(). The profile will be treated as a module. So if your profile is called myprofile you should put your myprofile_menu_alter() in myprofile.profile Commented Jul 29, 2013 at 7:42
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The solution?

variable_set('user_target_attr', '_blank');

in the profile installation and 

hook_menu_link_alter()

normally afterwards in the module like :

/** * Implements hook_menu_link_alter(). */ function module_menu_link_alter(&$item) { $destination = drupal_get_destination(); if ($item['link_path'] == 'user') { // Allow to be overriden!! $default_target = variable_get('user_target_attr', '_blank'); if ($default_target != $item['options']['attributes']['target']) { variable_set('user_target_attr', $item['options']['attributes']['target']); } // Alter all the links to user page to open via the configured or default attribute. $item['options']['attributes']['target'] = variable_get('user_target_attr', '_blank'); } }

If we don't make the check for the default target , it will always get the default one and we could never update the defaults from amdin UI

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