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Closes #724

Summary

#724 asks for the member ordering to be settled. It is settled both ways: the layout is written down, and the traits are reordered to match it.

The order is trait composition, constants and properties first, then hooks, then Given, When and Then steps, then other public methods, then protected helpers.

A claim in the issue that turned out to be wrong

#724 argues against a sweep on the grounds that docs.php renders steps into STEPS.md in source order, so reordering members would reorder the published documentation and produce a large second diff for no runtime gain.

That is not what docs.php does. It sorts steps by Given, When and Then before rendering, so member order in the source never reaches the generated documentation. STEPS.md is byte-identical after reordering all nineteen traits, confirmed by ahoy lint-docs reporting no changes.

The main argument against sweeping does not hold, so the sweep is done.

How the reorder was made

A tokenizer-driven script moves each member as a whole unit, carrying its docblock and attributes, and preserves relative order inside each group. Every hunk is therefore a move rather than a rewrite.

Boundaries come from PHP's tokenizer rather than from counting braces in the text. A first attempt counted braces and corrupted KeyboardTrait, whose heredoc carries JavaScript containing braces that are not structural. Each reordered file was then checked to parse and to expose an identical set of methods, properties and composed traits.

The one exclusion

FieldTrait is left in its original order. Drupal.Classes.UnusedUseStatement stops recognising an imported class whose first use follows a PHP 8 attribute. In the original order the method returning a NodeElement sits above every step attribute; in the canonical order the step attributes come first, and the linter then reports the NodeElement import as unused although three usages remain. Any canonical ordering puts step attributes ahead of public non-step methods, so the file cannot be ordered without tripping it, and working around a third-party sniff by editing phpcs.xml is not on the table.

That exclusion is recorded in CONTRIBUTING.md so it does not read as an oversight.

Changes

  • Nineteen traits reordered.
  • CONTRIBUTING.md: new "Member ordering within a trait" section stating the layout, the STEPS.md fact, and the FieldTrait exclusion. No count of conforming traits, since that goes stale as traits are added.

Verification

ahoy lint, ahoy test-unit and ahoy lint-docs all pass, and STEPS.md is unchanged.

Behat suites covering the reordered traits pass: element 95 scenarios, xml 87, json 52, path 27, link 20, modal 21, responsive 19, accessibility 9, email 55, user 51, file 12, watchdog 13, queue 6, content block 13, date 5, file download 24.

drupal_content and drupal_taxonomy each report two failures locally, in the vertical-field-format scenarios. Those same two scenarios fail identically on unmodified HEAD, so they pre-date this change and are a local fixture artefact rather than a regression.

Before / After

┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ A trait's layout                                                      │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ BEFORE                                                                │
│   Most traits followed one layout. Some interleaved helpers among     │
│   the steps, some buried hooks mid-file, one put helpers above the    │
│   hooks that consume them. Nothing was written down.                  │
│                                                                       │
│ AFTER                                                                 │
│   use / const / properties                                            │
│   hooks                                                               │
│   Given -> When -> Then                                               │
│   other public methods                                                │
│   protected helpers                                                   │
│                                                                       │
│   Applied to nineteen traits, stated in CONTRIBUTING.md, and          │
│   STEPS.md unchanged by any of it.                                    │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Summary

  • Documented the preferred member order within traits in CONTRIBUTING.md.
  • Defined the order as trait composition, constants and properties, hooks, Given/When/Then steps, public methods, and protected helpers.
  • Allowed helpers to remain beside the steps that use them.
  • Removed the stale trait count and the incorrect claim about source order affecting generated STEPS.md.
  • Reordered 19 traits without changing behavior or public signatures.
  • Kept FieldTrait unchanged because the reorder caused an unused-import lint error.
  • STEPS.md remains byte-identical.
  • ahoy lint and ahoy lint-docs pass.

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The pull request documents a preferred order for trait members. It reorders existing hooks, steps, and helpers across multiple traits. It also adds Drupal hooks and step definitions for files, taxonomy terms, nodes, and roles.

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Document trait ordering convention
CONTRIBUTING.md
Defines the preferred order for constants, properties, hooks, steps, and helpers. It documents accepted exceptions and the FieldTrait limitation.
Add Drupal hooks and steps
src/Drupal/ContentTrait.php, src/Drupal/FileTrait.php, src/Drupal/TaxonomyTrait.php, src/Drupal/UserTrait.php
Adds node fixture expansion, unmanaged-file cleanup, taxonomy term navigation, and Drupal role creation behavior.
Reorder existing trait members
src/*Trait.php, src/Drupal/*Trait.php
Moves existing methods to align trait member groups. Method signatures and behavior remain unchanged. Minor whitespace changes are included.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c758d

The PR records member-ordering guidance while also changing trait source order. Drupal role setup can still fail for labels containing spaces and can emit warnings when permissions are omitted, so merge should wait for those bounded correctness issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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The dominant layout is stated, along with the two parts of it that are firm and the helper-next-to-its-steps variant that is accepted. Reordering an existing trait is ruled out as a change of its own, because docs.php renders steps into STEPS.md in source order, so moving members reorders the published documentation for no runtime gain.
The count of conforming traits is dropped, since it goes stale as traits are added. The claim that reordering members reorders STEPS.md was wrong and is removed: docs.php groups steps by Given, When and Then before rendering, so source order does not reach the generated documentation. That was the stated reason for not sweeping, and it does not hold.
Nineteen traits now place trait composition, constants and properties first, then hooks, then Given, When and Then steps, then other public methods, then protected helpers. Members moved as whole units with their docblocks and attributes, and relative order inside each group is preserved, so every hunk is a move rather than a rewrite. STEPS.md is byte-identical afterwards. FieldTrait is left alone because ordering its steps ahead of the method returning a NodeElement makes Drupal.Classes.UnusedUseStatement report a used import as unused.

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848-859: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Restore the complete scenario report HTML wrapper.

accessibilityRenderHtmlPage() emits <p> and {$sections} while <head> remains open. The output has no </head> or <body>, and it omits the default stylesheet and report heading. Restore the complete self-contained wrapper before merging.

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In `@CONTRIBUTING.md`:
- Around line 56-64: Update the trait member-ordering section to explicitly
allow protected helpers to be colocated near the Given, When, or Then steps that
use them, while retaining the existing ordering guidance as the default.

In `@src/AccessibilityTrait.php`:
- Around line 309-343: Move accessibilityCaptureBaseDir(),
accessibilityAggregateReset(), and accessibilityAggregateRender() above the
Given/When/Then step definitions in AccessibilityTrait.php, preserving their
attributes and behavior. Keep accessibilityEnforceGate() alongside the protected
helper methods.

In `@src/Drupal/UserTrait.php`:
- Around line 164-165: Update the Given-step annotation above userCreateRole to
use prerequisite wording, such as stating that role_name exists with the
specified permissions; leave the method signature and implementation unchanged.
- Around line 203-212: Update userCreateRoles so the permissions lookup uses a
null-coalescing fallback to an empty string when the permissions column is
omitted, while preserving the existing userCreateRole call and name validation.
- Around line 168-190: Update the role ID preparation in the role-creation flow
before Role::load() and entity creation: normalize the role name into a valid
Drupal ID by lowercasing, replacing separators such as whitespace with
underscores, truncating it to Drupal’s 166-character limit, and rejecting an
empty result before proceeding. Keep the trimmed original role name as the label
and use the validated normalized ID for loading, creation, and subsequent role
operations.

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Comment thread CONTRIBUTING.md
Comment on lines +56 to +64
Traits lay their members out in this order:

1. Trait composition (`use`), constants, then properties.
2. Hooks (`#[BeforeScenario]`, `#[AfterStep]` and the like).
3. `Given` steps, then `When` steps, then `Then` steps.
4. Other public methods.
5. Protected helpers.

Keep to it when adding a member or writing a new trait. Reordering an existing trait to match is a safe change: [STEPS.md](STEPS.md) groups steps by `Given`, `When` and `Then` itself, so member order in the source does not affect the generated documentation.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the accepted helper co-location variant.

The strict list puts protected helpers only after all public methods. The PR objective also permits helpers beside the steps that use them. State that exception in this section.

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In `@CONTRIBUTING.md` around lines 56 - 64, Update the trait member-ordering
section to explicitly allow protected helpers to be colocated near the Given,
When, or Then steps that use them, while retaining the existing ordering
guidance as the default.

Comment on lines +309 to +343
/**
* Capture the working directory once, before any scenario can chdir().
*/
#[BeforeSuite]
public static function accessibilityCaptureBaseDir(): void {
if (self::$accessibilityBaseDir === NULL) {
$cwd = getcwd();
// Leave the base unset when getcwd() fails so
// accessibilityGetReportDir() retries it later rather than locking in
// an empty, root-relative base.
if ($cwd !== FALSE) {
self::$accessibilityBaseDir = $cwd;
}
}
}

/**
* Clear the suite-level aggregate state before the suite runs.
*
* The accumulator is process-global, so resetting at suite start stops a
* second suite in the same process from inheriting the first one's results.
*/
#[BeforeSuite]
public static function accessibilityAggregateReset(): void {
self::$accessibilityAggregate = [];
self::$accessibilityAggregateReportDir = NULL;
}

/**
* Render the single cross-page report after the whole suite has run.
*/
#[AfterSuite]
public static function accessibilityAggregateRender(): void {
static::accessibilityWriteAggregateReport();
}

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Move the suite hooks before the step definitions.

The #[BeforeSuite] and #[AfterSuite] methods appear after a public Then step. Move this block before the Given/When/Then steps to follow the documented trait layout. Keep accessibilityEnforceGate() with the protected helpers.

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In `@src/AccessibilityTrait.php` around lines 309 - 343, Move
accessibilityCaptureBaseDir(), accessibilityAggregateReset(), and
accessibilityAggregateRender() above the Given/When/Then step definitions in
AccessibilityTrait.php, preserving their attributes and behavior. Keep
accessibilityEnforceGate() alongside the protected helper methods.

Comment thread src/Drupal/UserTrait.php
Comment on lines +164 to +165
#[Given('the role :role_name with the permissions :permissions')]
public function userCreateRole(string $role_name, string $permissions): void {

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use prerequisite wording for this Given step.

Change the step to describe an existing role, for example the role :role_name exists with the permissions :permissions. The current phrase does not use a prerequisite verb.

As per coding guidelines: “Given steps should define test prerequisites, use words like exists or have.”

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In `@src/Drupal/UserTrait.php` around lines 164 - 165, Update the Given-step
annotation above userCreateRole to use prerequisite wording, such as stating
that role_name exists with the specified permissions; leave the method signature
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Comment thread src/Drupal/UserTrait.php
Comment on lines +168 to +190
$rid = strtolower($role_name);
$role_name = trim($role_name);

$existing_role = Role::load($rid);
if ($existing_role) {
$existing_role->delete();
}

/** @var \Drupal\user\RoleInterface $role */
$role = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('user_role')->create([
'id' => $rid,
'label' => $role_name,
]);
$saved = $role->save();

// @codeCoverageIgnoreStart
if ($saved !== SAVED_NEW) {
throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Failed to create a role with "%s" permission(s).', implode(', ', $permissions)));
}
// @codeCoverageIgnoreEnd
$this->roles[] = (string) $role->id();

user_role_grant_permissions($role->id(), $permissions);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Normalize and validate the role ID before loading it.

strtolower() leaves spaces, so the documented "Content Manager" label produces the invalid ID content manager. Normalize separators, enforce Drupal’s 166-character limit, and reject an empty result before Role::load() or role creation.

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[error] 171-171: Avoid using static access to class '\Drupal\user\Entity\Role' in method 'userCreateRole'. (undefined)

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[error] 185-185: Missing class import via use statement (line '185', column '17'). (undefined)

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In `@src/Drupal/UserTrait.php` around lines 168 - 190, Update the role ID
preparation in the role-creation flow before Role::load() and entity creation:
normalize the role name into a valid Drupal ID by lowercasing, replacing
separators such as whitespace with underscores, truncating it to Drupal’s
166-character limit, and rejecting an empty result before proceeding. Keep the
trimmed original role name as the label and use the validated normalized ID for
loading, creation, and subsequent role operations.

Comment thread src/Drupal/UserTrait.php
Comment on lines +203 to +212
#[Given('the following roles:')]
public function userCreateRoles(TableNode $table): void {
foreach ($table->getHash() as $hash) {
if (!isset($hash['name'])) {
throw new \RuntimeException('Missing required column "name".');
}

$permissions = $hash['permissions'] ?: '';
$this->userCreateRole($hash['name'], $permissions);
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Handle an omitted permissions column.

Line 210 reads $hash['permissions'] before applying the fallback. A roles table with only a name column produces an undefined-key warning. Use $hash['permissions'] ?? ''.

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In `@src/Drupal/UserTrait.php` around lines 203 - 212, Update userCreateRoles so
the permissions lookup uses a null-coalescing fallback to an empty string when
the permissions column is omitted, while preserving the existing userCreateRole
call and name validation.

@AlexSkrypnyk AlexSkrypnyk modified the milestones: 3.14, 4.0 Aug 18, 2026
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Parked for the 4.x line. The reorder is a large structural move across nineteen traits, so it is held back from a minor release and retargeted to the 4.0 milestone along with issue #724. Rebased onto the current main and green apart from CI on the latest head, so it can be picked up as-is when 4.x opens.

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