Create an extra tab on the user log in page

Jul 06, 2020 in Drupal 8, Snippets

I had a case where an extra tab was necessary on the user pages. This snippets show you how to do it.

I had to provide an extra controller for an SSO log in via OpenID connect. I created an extra controller and added a file named my_module.links.task.yml to my custom module. Use the following yaml structure and tweak it to your purposes. Clear caches and you now will see "Log in - Register - Password reset - SSO login" as tabs.

my_module.ssologin:
  route_name: route_name_of_controller
  base_route: user.page
  title: 'SSO login'
  weight: 20

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