README

Introduction

The creation, modification and debugging of Magento 2 frontend templates can be supported by enabling the build in "Template Path Hints for Storefront" in Admin configuration of Magento 2.

Store > Configuration > Advanced > Developer > Debug > Enabled Template Path Hints for Storefront > Yes

The result are graphical enhanced frontend blocks with basic information about template pathes.

This information is useful for template-designer and developers to create or modify Magento 2 features, but the information is provided is kept at a very low level:

Default Template-file behavior

Features

This Magento 2 "Templatehints" module addresses that point. New features are added to Template Path Hints functionality of Magento 2:

• General information is displayed for each block

  • Template file
  • Block type
  • Name of block in layout
  • Module for block
  • Information about parent block

• Cache information

• Cache key of current block

• Cache Tags of current block

• Configured lifetime for current block

• Cache key info string

• Current status of current block in cache (found, disabled, not found)

Installation of the magento2 template path hints extension

Add the module to your composer file:

{

...

"require": { ...

"shockwavemk/magento2-module-templatehints": "dev-master",

... },

Add my packages server to your composer file:

{ "repositories": [ { "type": "composer", "url": "https://packages.martin-kramer.com" } ] }