Several procedural submit, validation, Ajax callbacks and other functions were converted to methods and deprecated

By claudiu.cristea on 2 February 2026

Change record status:

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Project:

Drupal core

Introduced in branch:

11.4.x

Introduced in version:

11.4.0

Description:

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The following form submit, validation Ajax callbacks and functions were converted to methods and the procedural functions were deprecated:

Deprecated procedural callback	Converted to...	Progress
`automated_cron_settings_submit()`	`\Drupal\automated_cron\Hook\AutomatedCronHooks::automatedCronSettingsSubmit()`	#3566768: Change \Drupal\system\Form\CronForm to use ConfigFormBase and use #config_target
`ckeditor5_filter_format_edit_form_submit()`	`\Drupal\ckeditor5\Hook\Ckeditor5Hooks::filterFormatEditFormSubmit()`	#3566792: Deprecate remaining ckeditor5.module procedural code
`_update_ckeditor5_html_filter()`	`\Drupal\ckeditor5\Hook\Ckeditor5Hooks::updateCkeditor5HtmlFilter()`	#3566792: Deprecate remaining ckeditor5.module procedural code
`contact_user_profile_form_submit()`	`\Drupal\contact\Hook\ContactFormHooks::profileFormSubmit()`	#3566888: Move contact module form callbacks from procedural to hook class
`contact_form_user_admin_settings_submit()`	`\Drupal\contact\Hook\ContactFormHooks::userAdminSettingsSubmit()`	#3566888: Move contact module form callbacks from procedural to hook class
`field_ui_form_manage_field_form_submit()`	`\Drupal\field_ui\Hook\FieldUiHooks::manageFieldFormSubmit()`	#3567163: Move field_ui form callback to hook class
`editor_form_filter_admin_format_editor_configure()`	`\Drupal\editor\Hook\EditorHooks::editorFormFilterAdminFormatEditorConfigure()`	#3568092: Convert editor.module procedural submit, validate and Ajax callbacks to methods
`editor_form_filter_admin_format_editor_configure()`	`\Drupal\editor\Hook\EditorHooks::editorFormFilterAdminFormatEditorConfigure()`	#3568092: Convert editor.module procedural submit, validate and Ajax callbacks to methods
`editor_form_filter_admin_format_validate()`	`\Drupal\editor\Hook\EditorHooks::editorFormFilterAdminFormatValidate()`	#3568092: Convert editor.module procedural submit, validate and Ajax callbacks to methods
`editor_form_filter_admin_format_submit()`	`\Drupal\editor\Hook\EditorHooks::editorFormFilterAdminFormatSubmit()`	#3568092: Convert editor.module procedural submit, validate and Ajax callbacks to methods
`language_process_language_select()`	`\Drupal\language\Hook\LanguageHooks::processLanguageSelect()`	#3574727: Deprecate remaining language.module code
`language_configuration_element_submit()`	`\Drupal\language\Element\LanguageConfiguration::submit()`	#3574727: Deprecate remaining language.module code
`media_filter_format_edit_form_validate()`	`\Drupal\media\Hook\MediaHooks::formatEditFormValidate()`	#3568124: Deprecate remaining functions in media.module
`_menu_ui_node_save()`	`\Drupal\menu_ui\Hook\MenuUiHooks:: menuUiNodeSave()`	#3571400: Deprecate functions in menu_ui.module and move to hooks or helper class
`menu_ui_get_menu_link_defaults()`	`\Drupal\menu_ui\Hook\MenuUiHooks:: getMenuLinkDefaults()`	#3571400: Deprecate functions in menu_ui.module and move to hooks or helper class
`menu_ui_node_builder()`	`\Drupal\menu_ui\Hook\MenuUiHooks:: nodeBuilder()`	#3571400: Deprecate functions in menu_ui.module and move to hooks or helper class
`menu_ui_form_node_form_submit()`	`\Drupal\menu_ui\Hook\MenuUiHooks:: formNodeFormSubmit()`	#3571400: Deprecate functions in menu_ui.module and move to hooks or helper class
`menu_ui_form_node_type_form_validate()`	`\Drupal\menu_ui\Hook\MenuUiHooks:: formNodeTypeFormValidate()`	#3571400: Deprecate functions in menu_ui.module and move to hooks or helper class
`menu_ui_form_node_type_form_builder()`	`\Drupal\menu_ui\Hook\MenuUiHooks:: formNodeTypeFormBuilder()`	#3571400: Deprecate functions in menu_ui.module and move to hooks or helper class
views_view_is_enabled views_view_is_disabled views_enable_view views_disable_view	`\Drupal\views\ViewStatusTrait` ->isViewEnabled ->isViewDisabled ->enableView ->disableView	#3572243: Deprecate several views functions
`views_invalidate_cache`	\Drupal\views\Views invalidateCache routeRebuildNeeded	#941970: Only set router rebuild needed when something related to routing actually changes
`views_ui_add_limited_validation()`	`\Drupal\views\ViewsFormAjaxHelperTrait::addLimitedValidation()`	#3035340: Deprecate core/modules/views_ui/admin.inc
`views_ui_add_ajax_wrapper()`	`\Drupal\views\ ViewsFormAjaxHelperTrait::addAjaxWrapper()`	#3035340: Deprecate core/modules/views_ui/admin.inc
`views_ui_ajax_update_form()`	`\Drupal\views\ ViewsFormAjaxHelperTrait::ajaxUpdateForm()`	#3035340: Deprecate core/modules/views_ui/admin.inc
`views_ui_nojs_submit()`	`\Drupal\views\ ViewsFormAjaxHelperTrait::noJsSubmit()`	#3035340: Deprecate core/modules/views_ui/admin.inc
`views_ui_form_button_was_clicked()`	`\Drupal\views\ViewsFormHelperTrait::formButtonWasClicked()`	#3035340: Deprecate core/modules/views_ui/admin.inc

The following functions have been removed or deprecated without replacement

Deprecated procedural callback	Progress
_ckeditor5_theme_css	#3566792: Deprecate remaining ckeditor5.module procedural code
_field_create_entity_from_ids field_form_field_config_edit_form_entity_builder	#3572173: Deprecate field.module remaining functions
_filter_tips	#3580662: Deprecate _filter_tips()
_filter_url _filter_url_parse_full_links _filter_url_parse_email_links _filter_url_parse_partial_links _filter_url_escape_comments _filter_url_trim _filter_autop _filter_html_escape _filter_html_image_secure_process	#3226806: Move filter implementations from filter.module to plugin classes
language_get_default_langcode language_negotiation_url_prefixes_update language_get_browser_drupal_langcode_mappings	#3574727: Deprecate remaining language.module code
_media_get_add_url	#3568124: Deprecate remaining functions in media.module
_media_library_views_form_media_library_after_build _media_library_media_type_form_submit _media_library_configure_form_display _media_library_configure_view_display	#3570839: Deprecate remaining underscore functions in media_library.module
_menu_link_content_update_path_alias	#3570863: Deprecate _menu_link_content_update_path_alias
_options_values_in_use	#2171397: Deprecate remaining options.module functions
syslog_logging_settings_submit syslog_facility_list	#3570235: Deprecate functions in syslog.module
system_sort_themes system_check_directory	#3571172: Deprecate system_sort_themes() and system_check_directory() in system module
taxonomy_build_node_index taxonomy_delete_node_index	#3570238: Deprecate remaining functions in taxonomy
views_ui_add_ajax_trigger views_ui_standard_display_dropdown views_ui_build_form_url	#3035340: Deprecate core/modules/views_ui/admin.inc

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