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Moodle 5.0 developer update

This page highlights the important changes that are coming in Moodle 5.0 for developers.

Subplugins​

Since 5.0

The subplugins.json file now requires a new subplugintypes object to define the subplugins available within a plugin.

The format of this is identical to the existing plugintypes object, but the value should be a path which is relative to the plugin's root directory.

Example of the new subplugintypes values

The Quiz Activity located in mod/quiz defines the quizaccess subplugin type.

The legacy plugintype entry for this is as follows:

mod/quiz/db/subplugins.json demonstrating the legacy plugintypes object
{
    "plugintypes": {
        "quizaccess": "mod/quiz/accessrule"
    }
}

The new subplugintypes value is relative to the plugin root as follows:

mod/quiz/db/subplugins.json demonstrating the new subplugintypes object
{
    "subplugintypes": {
        "quizaccess": "accessrule"
    }
}

Both of these values may be combined for plugins supporting both Moodle 4.5 and earlier, and Moodle 5.0 onwards.

mod/quiz/db/subplugins.json demonstrating both the legacy plugintypes and the new subplugintypes values
{
    "plugintypes": {
        "quizaccess": "mod/quiz/accessrule"
    },
    "subplugintypes": {
        "quizaccess": "accessrule"
    }
}

Themes​

Since 5.0

Themes can now customize activity icon colors using simple CSS variables. The new variables introduced are:

  • $activity-icon-administration-bg
  • $activity-icon-assessment-bg
  • $activity-icon-collaboration-bg
  • $activity-icon-communication-bg
  • $activity-icon-content-bg
  • $activity-icon-interactivecontent-bg

All previous $activity-icon-*-filter elements can be removed, as they are no longer in use.

Example of customizing activity icon colors

Themes can customize the activity icon colors by overriding the following variables before loading the Boost scss:

$activity-icon-administration-bg: #5915b1;
$activity-icon-assessment-bg: #17857f;
$activity-icon-collaboration-bg: #cf7a34;
$activity-icon-communication-bg: #c70827;
$activity-icon-content-bg: #5915b1;
$activity-icon-interactivecontent-bg: #c70827;