Fancy Node Titles

Allows site architects to enable rich HTML markup, display title overrides, and icon prefixes in node titles on a per-content-type basis. The real node title stays plain text for URLs, admin listings, RSS feeds, and search indexes — all the "fancy" formatting lives in a separate Display Title field.

Features

• Enable per content type from the content type settings form
• Configurable allowed HTML tags per content type (comma-separated text field)
• Display Title field — an optional override that appears on node edit forms, keeping the node title plain while allowing HTML markup on the front end
• Title Icon field — prepends a Phosphor icon (from Backdrop's built-in icon set) before the title on the front end
• Display Title and Icon field visibility: always visible or shown on demand via a toggle link
• Tag-insertion toolbar on the Display Title field with one button per allowed tag — wraps selected text or places the cursor between tags
• Clear button strips all HTML tags from the Display Title value
• Void elements (e.g. <br>) are inserted without a closing tag
• Browser tab <title> always displays plain text (HTML is stripped automatically)

Installation

Install and enable as you would any Backdrop contrib module. No additional configuration is required after enabling — settings are managed per content type.

The Icon Browser module is optional but recommended. When installed, a "Browse available icons" link appears on node edit forms to help editors find and preview Phosphor icon names.

Configuration

1. Go to admin/structure/types and edit a content type.
2. Open the Fancy Node Titles vertical tab.
3. Check Enable Fancy Node Titles.
4. Enter the Allowed tags as a comma-separated list (e.g. strong, em, sup, sub). Tag names only — no angle brackets required.
5. Choose the Display title and icon fields visibility:
   • Show on demand — a + Customize title display toggle link appears on the node edit form; clicking it reveals the Display Title and Icon fields. Fields are shown immediately if a value is already saved.
   • Always visible — both fields are always shown on the node edit form.
6. Save the content type.

How it works

Display Title

On node edit forms for enabled content types, a Display Title field appears below the title field with a tag-insertion toolbar. When a Display Title is saved, it is used as the visible H1 heading and in teasers. The node title is preserved as plain text and continues to drive the URL alias, admin content list, RSS feeds, and browser tab.

When no Display Title is set, the node title is used for display (with HTML filtering applied if it contains markup).

Title Icon

A Title Icon field accepts any Phosphor icon name (e.g. star, heart-fill, dog). When set, the corresponding SVG icon is rendered before the title on the front end, sized to match the surrounding text. The icon does not appear in the browser tab, admin listings, or RSS feeds.

Backdrop CMS includes the full Phosphor icon set in core. To explore available icons, install the optional Icon Browser module and visit admin/config/media/icons/browse.

Notes About Use of AI

This module was developed with assistance from AI tools. AI was used to generate code, plan features, and make iterative improvements throughout development.

Issues

Bugs and feature requests should be reported in the Issue Queue.

Current Maintainers

• Tim Erickson

Credits

• Created by Tim Erickson.
• Supported by Simplo.

License

This project is GPL v2 software. See the LICENSE.txt file in this directory for complete text.