Get Entry Edit Link in Twig

Question

I want to add an "Edit entry" button on each page for admin users. Am I overlooking a simple way to output the Edit link to the CP edit page for the current entry? Curious if there is something like {{ entry.editLink }}

Answer 1

There is! It's called cpEditUrl.

{% if currentUser %}
   {% if currentUser.isInGroup('admin') %}
       <a href="{{ entry.cpEditUrl }}">Edit entry</a>
   {% endif %}
{% endif %}

Or shorter (thanks to MISC):

{% if currentUser.admin %}
    <a href="{{ entry.cpEditUrl }}">Edit entry</a>
{% endif %}

Or forget user group altogether (thanks to Phil Gyford and bennobo):

{% if entry.isEditable() %}
    <a href="{{ entry.cpEditUrl }}">Edit entry</a>
{% endif %}

Answer 2

Here is Craft CMS 3 solution:

http://craftsnippets.com/articles/quick-edit

It works both with entries and categories and it takes multiple things into account while deciding if edit link should be displayed:

• If the current user has access rights to control panel?
• If the current user has rights to edit current entry/category?
• If entry/category is not displayed through live preview?