ISTWCMS-6771: fixing content list block to use views ajax

src/Plugin/Block/ContentListBlock.php

@@ -85,11 +85,14 @@ class ContentListBlock extends BlockBase implements ContainerFactoryPluginInterf
     // The build array.
     $build = [];
 
+    // The display id of the view to be used.
+    $display_id = 'content_list';
+
     // Get the view by machine id.
     $view = Views::getView('uw_view_content_list');
 
     // Set the display machine id.
-    $view->setDisplay('content_list');
+    $view->setDisplay($display_id);
 
     // Add the content type restriction to the arguments.
     $arguments[] = $this->configuration['content_type'];
@@ -153,23 +156,27 @@ class ContentListBlock extends BlockBase implements ContainerFactoryPluginInterf
       );
     }
 
+    // Execute the view.
+    $view->execute();
+
     // Get the title.
     $title = $view->getTitle();
 
-    // Get the rendered view.
-    $render = $view->render();
-
     // Get the rendered title for the view.
     $the_title_render_array = [
       '#markup' => $this->t('@title', ['@title' => $title]),
       '#allowed_tags' => ['h2'],
     ];
 
-    // Set the build markup for title and actual view.
-    $build['view_title'] = $the_title_render_array;
-    $build['view_output'] = $render;
-
-    return $build;
+    // Display using the view template so ajax works properly.
+    return [
+      '#type' => 'view',
+      '#name' => $the_title_render_array,
+      '#view' => $view,
+      '#display_id' => $display_id,
+      '#embed' => TRUE,
+      '#cache' => $view->getCacheTags(),
+    ];
   }
 
   /**