some.tpl.php

Custom Contextual Links in Drupal 7

  <div class="contextual-links-region">
    <p>Some HTML content here.</p> 
  <?php 
    $element = array('#contextual_links' => array(
       'node' => array('node', array('1')),
     ));
    $links = contextual_pre_render_links($element);
    $links['#type'] = 'contextual_links';
    dpm($links);
    
    $rendered_links = render($links);    
    dpm($rendered_links, 'rendered_links');
    print $rendered_links;
    
  ?>
  </div>