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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Documentation for Settings Tray API.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup settings_tray Settings Tray API
+ * @{
+ * Settings Tray API
+ *
+ * @section sec_api The API: the form in the Settings Tray
+ *
+ * By default, every block will show its built-in form in the Settings Tray.
+ * However, many blocks would benefit from a tailored form which either:
+ * - limits the form items displayed in the Settings Tray to only items that
+ *   affect the content of the rendered block
+ * - adds additional form items to edit configuration that is rendered by the
+ *   block. See \Drupal\settings_tray\Form\SystemBrandingOffCanvasForm which
+ *   adds site name and slogan configuration.
+ *
+ * These can be used to provide a better experience, so that the Settings Tray
+ * only displays what the user will expect to change when editing the block.
+ *
+ * Each block plugin can specify which form to use in the Settings Tray dialog
+ * in its plugin annotation:
+ * @code
+ * forms = {
+ *   "settings_tray" = "\Drupal\some_module\Form\MyBlockOffCanvasForm",
+ * },
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * In some cases, a block's content is not configurable (for example, the title,
+ * main content, and help blocks). Such blocks can opt out of providing an
+ * off-canvas form:
+ * @code
+ * forms = {
+ *   "settings_tray" = FALSE,
+ * },
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * Finally, blocks that do not specify an off-canvas form using the annotation
+ * above will automatically have it set to their plugin class. For example, the
+ * "Powered by Drupal" block plugin
+ * (\Drupal\system\Plugin\Block\SystemPoweredByBlock) automatically gets
+ * this added to its annotation:
+ * @code
+ * forms = {
+ *   "settings_tray" = "\Drupal\system\Plugin\Block\SystemPoweredByBlock",
+ * },
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * Therefore, the entire Settings Tray API is just this annotation: it controls
+ * what the Settings Tray does for a given block.
+ *
+ * @see settings_tray_block_alter()
+ * @see \Drupal\Tests\settings_tray\Functional\SettingsTrayBlockTest::testPossibleAnnotations()
+ *
+ * @}
+ */