Show Link to Edit Entry

Problem

You want to expose a link to edit an entry, only showing the link if the logged-in user has permission to edit that Section’s entries.

Solution

{# somePage.html #}
{% include '_cpEditLink' with {
    'thisEntry': entry
} %}

{# someEvent.html #}
{% include '_cpEditLink' with {
    'thisEntry': entry,
    'editText': 'Edit This Event'
} %}

{# _cpEditLink.html #}
{% if currentUser is not null %}
    {% set sectionPermission = 'editEntries' ~ thisEntry.sectionId %}
    {% if currentUser.can(sectionPermission) %}
        <a href="{{ thisEntry.getCpEditUrl() }}" target="_blank" class="edit-this-page">
            {{- (editText is defined) ? editText : 'Edit This Page' -}}
        </a>
    {% endif %}
{% endif %}

Submitted by Patrick Harrington on 1st February, 2017