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Template selector

This entry should help you to use different templates for different (list) views.

Using the following Page TsConfig the editor can select the layouts in the news plugin:

tx_news.templateLayouts {
        1 = A custom layout
        99 = LLL:fileadmin/somelocallang/locallang.xlf:someTranslation
}

You can use any number to identify your layout and any label to describe it.

Now it is possible to use a condition in the template to change the layouts, and e.g. load a different partial:

<f:if condition="{news}">
        <f:then>
                <f:if condition="{settings.templateLayout} == 99">
                        <f:then>
                                <div class="news well news-special">
                                        <f:for each="{news}" as="newsItem">
                                                <f:render partial="List/Item-special" arguments="{newsItem: newsItem, settings:settings}"/>
                                        </f:for>
                                </div>
                        </f:then>
                        <f:else>
                                <div class="news news-list-view">
                                        <n:widget.paginate objects="{news}" as="paginatedNews" configuration="{settings.list.paginate}">
                                                        <f:for each="{paginatedNews}" as="newsItem">
                                                                <f:render partial="List/Item" arguments="{newsItem: newsItem, settings:settings}"/>
                                                        </f:for>
                                        </n:widget.paginate>
                                </div>
                        </f:else>
                </f:if>
        </f:then>
        <f:else>
                <div class="no-news-found"><f:translate key="list_nonewsfound" /></div>
        </f:else>
</f:if>

As you can see in this example a different partial is loaded if the layout 99 is used.

Custom Templates by using TypoScript

You can define a custom TypoScript setting which you can check in the view later on.

The TypoScript could look like:

plugin.tx_news {
        settings {
                isLatest = 1
        }
}

And then you can use a condition like this:

<f:if condition="{settings.isLatest}">
        <f:then>
                do something if it is set
        </f:then>
        <f:else>
                do something if it is not set
        </f:else>
</f:if>