8.x-3.x provides 2 sub modules:

  • Chaos tools Views: A set of improvements to the core Views code that allows for greater control over Blocks.
  • Chaos tools blocks: Provides improvements to blocks that will one day be added to Drupal core.

As far as I can tell, that's all the information available. No documentation page, no readme file. I might consider enabling them if I had a better idea of what they did specifically.

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danbohea created an issue. See original summary.

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I am also wondering ...?
Would be nice to get an idea.
Thanks!

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Like for some other modules, documentation might lack as of not fully stable right now, people that use them for a long time now didn't have enough time to contribute to the documentation etc.

One thing to say about them, I use them a lot. Will try to get involved in the documentation for them, but these two modules are not for like simple straight forward "recipes" that some people might expect.

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if they're not is it possible arrange it in API layers and sections to enable easy access and recipe expression.

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If anyone else wonders what they do, besides deciphering the code, here is an article that covers how they might be used

https://opensenselabs.com/blog/tech/how-use-ctool-features-which-have-no...

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I'll have a stab at Chaos Tools Blocks:

Chaos Tools Blocks provides "Entity view" blocks that allow you to select a View Mode directly on the block configuration form itself. So I guess that allows you to set different View modes per different Visibility context (by adding multiple "Entity view" blocks) without defining extra Views. It also enables you to add a 2nd instance of effectively the same block as, for example, the Main page content block, but with different fields showing, by choosing a View mode rather than defining an extra View.

Chaos Tools Blocks block configuration

I'm very happy to be corrected if that's wrong.

I've no idea what Chaos Tools Views achieves. I can't see any differences when I enable it.

At the least, readme files in those 2 sub-modules, written by someone who really understands them (i.e. not me), would be really helpful. Hence changing the status.