Admin List Filter

Overview

Drupal core provides a helpful filter input on the Extend page (/admin/modules) that lets administrators quickly find modules by typing part of the name. This module brings that same filtering capability to other admin listing pages like Content types, Vocabularies, Menus, and more.

Zero configuration required — just install and filtering is automatically available on supported admin pages.

Features

• Instant client-side filtering as you type
• No custom JavaScript — reuses Drupal core's proven system/drupal.system.modules library
• Zero configuration — works immediately after installation
• Supports both standard and draggable (weighted) entity lists
• Lightweight — minimal code footprint

How It Works

The module uses hook_entity_type_alter() to replace the default list builder class for each supported entity type with a custom class that adds filtering capability.

Each custom list builder:

1. Extends the original core list builder — preserving all existing functionality
2. Uses a trait to add the filter input and required markup:
   • FilterableListBuilderTrait for standard list builders
   • FilterableDraggableListBuilderTrait for draggable (weighted) list builders
3. Adds a search input above the table with the table-filter-text class
4. Adds the table-filter-text-source class to searchable table cells
5. Attaches the system/drupal.system.modules library which provides the filtering JavaScript

The filtering happens entirely client-side using core's existing JavaScript — no AJAX requests, no server load.

Supported Entity Types

Core Entity Types (17)

Entity Type Admin Path List Builder Type block_content_type /admin/structure/block-content Standard comment_type /admin/structure/comment Standard configurable_language /admin/config/regional/language Draggable contact_form /admin/structure/contact Standard date_format /admin/config/regional/date-time Standard field_storage_config /admin/reports/fields Standard filter_format /admin/config/content/formats Draggable image_style /admin/config/media/image-styles Standard media_type /admin/structure/media Standard menu /admin/structure/menu Standard node_type /admin/structure/types Standard responsive_image_style /admin/config/media/responsive-image-style Standard search_page /admin/config/search/pages Draggable shortcut_set /admin/config/user-interface/shortcut Standard taxonomy_vocabulary /admin/structure/taxonomy Draggable user_role /admin/people/roles Draggable workflow /admin/config/workflow/workflows Standard

Contrib Entity Types (2)

These are only enabled if the respective module is installed:

Entity Type Admin Path Module Required pathauto_pattern /admin/config/search/path/patterns Pathauto metatag_defaults /admin/config/search/metatag Metatag

Not Supported

The following admin pages are not supported due to incompatible rendering structures:

Admin Path Reason /admin/structure/display-modes/form Grouped tables by entity type — filter cannot hide section headers /admin/structure/display-modes/view Grouped tables by entity type — filter cannot hide section headers /admin/structure/block Complex region-based layout with drag-and-drop

Requirements

• Drupal 10.3+ or Drupal 11

Installation

Install as you would any Drupal module:

composer require drupal/admin_list_filter
drush en admin_list_filter
drush cr