Avatar ViewHelper `<be:avatar>`¶

Note

This ViewHelper is not available by default.

Import its namespace {namespace be=TYPO3\CMS\Backend\ViewHelpers\} in the Fluid file or xmlns:be="http://typo3.org/ns/TYPO3/CMS/Backend/ViewHelpers/" in the opening HTML tag.

Render the avatar markup, including the <img> tag, for a given backend user.

Examples¶

Default¶

<be:avatar backendUser="{user.uid}" size="32" showIcon="true" />

Output:

<span class="avatar">
    <span class="avatar-image">
        <img src="/typo3/sysext/core/Resources/Public/Icons/T3Icons/avatar/svgs/avatar-default.svg" width="32" height="32" />
    </span>
</span>

If the given backend user hasn't added a custom avatar yet, a default one is used.

Inline notation¶

{be:avatar(backendUser: user.id, size: 32, showIcon: 'true')}

Output:

<span class="avatar">
    <span class="avatar-image">
        <img src="/fileadmin/_processed_/7/9/csm_custom-avatar_4ea4a18f58.jpg" width="32" height="32" />
    </span>
</span>

Source code¶

Go to the source code of this ViewHelper: AvatarViewHelper.php (GitHub).

Arguments¶

The following arguments are available for <be:avatar>:

Name	Type	Default
backendUser	mixed
size	mixed	`32`
showIcon	boolean

backendUser ¶

Type: mixed

Uid of the backend user

size ¶

Type: mixed
Default: 32

Width and height of the image

showIcon ¶

Type: boolean

Show the record icon as well

Avatar ViewHelper <be:avatar>¶