Issue #2029857 by swentel, andrewmacpherson, plopesc: Field plugin settings edit button doesn't show unless there is a settings summary .

core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test/lib/Drupal/field_test/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/TestFieldNoSettingsFormatter.php

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * Contains \Drupal\field_test\Plugin\Field\FieldFormatter\TestFieldNoSettingsFormatter.
+ */
+namespace Drupal\field_test\Plugin\Field\FieldFormatter;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FormatterBase;
+
+/**
+ * Plugin implementation of the 'field_no_settings' formatter.
+ *
+ * @FieldFormatter(
+ *   id = "field_no_settings",
+ *   label = @Translation("Field no settings"),
+ *   field_types = {
+ *     "test_field",
+ *   },
+ * )
+ */
+class TestFieldNoSettingsFormatter extends FormatterBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items) {
+    $elements = array();
+
+    foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
+      // This formatter only needs to output raw for testing.
+      $elements[$delta] = array('#markup' => $item->value);
+    }
+
+    return $elements;
+  }
+
+}

core/modules/field_ui/lib/Drupal/field_ui/DisplayOverviewBase.php

@@ -358,7 +358,10 @@ abstract class DisplayOverviewBase extends OverviewBase {
             '#cell_attributes' => array('class' => array('field-plugin-summary-cell')),
           );
         }
-        if ($plugin->getSettings()) {
+
+        // Check selected plugin settings to display edit link or not.
+        $plugin_definition = $plugin->getPluginDefinition();
+        if ($plugin_definition['settings']) {
           $field_row['settings_edit'] = $base_button + array(
             '#type' => 'image_button',
             '#name' => $field_id . '_settings_edit',

core/modules/field_ui/lib/Drupal/field_ui/Tests/ManageDisplayTest.php

@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ class ManageDisplayTest extends FieldUiTestBase {
     $edit = array($fieldname => 'non empty setting');
     $this->drupalPostAjaxForm(NULL, $edit, "field_test_plugin_settings_update");
     $this->assertText('Default empty setting now has a value.');
+
+    // Test the no settings form behavior.
+    $edit = array('fields[field_test][type]' => 'field_no_settings', 'refresh_rows' => 'field_test');
+    $this->drupalPostAjaxForm(NULL, $edit, array('op' => t('Refresh')));
+    $this->assertNoFieldByName('field_test_settings_edit');
   }
 
   /**