<!-- <?php $this->showTemplateVars(); ?> -->

[thyon]

This is the most important line you will use when modifying your templates and adding custom code -- e.g. pop-up teasers, special mootools effects, or just plain knowing which variables to write out where.

(use the view|source to see the variables)

Place this in the first line of your template code, e.g. news_latest.tpl, etc.

Enjoy.

[Vera]

Very nice!

Or alternatively you might use:

<pre><?php $this->showTemplateVars(); ?></pre>

This will mess up most views, but if you are interested in the available variables this saves you the view source. Both options have pros and cons

[ga.n]

Very nice!

Or alternatively you might use:

<pre><?php $this->showTemplateVars(); ?></pre>

This will mess up most views, but if you are interested in the available variables this saves you the view source. Both options have pros and cons

and/or replace the

<pre>

tag with

<xmp>

tag if the template variables contains html code

[Ben]

Wow - that's super helpful! It just helped me out with a custom news template I was working on. I feel like I've been flying blind on non-catalog templates before knowing this trick.

[ramjet]

That is helpful....
I tried all three, and the winner is
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drumroll please...
drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrr
do-do-do-doot-do-do.
.
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. Fllllllllooooo..vverrrrr..fl.vvv...THYON!
For the ease of being able to read the vars alongside of your non-broken up page.

Thanks for the tips all.

[Ben]

I came up with an interesting solution to put the variables in a lightbox, but this forum doesn't seem to like my code. I'll keep adding pieces here until it blows up.

I got things working in a lightbox (mediabox) with the following code. The only problem is that I can't get the overflow to scroll properly. Maybe someone here knows how to get this working. Add "overflow: scroll;" to the div style didn't work.

template variables
<div id="mb_variables" style=(quote)display: none;(quote)><pre><?php $this->showTemplateVars(); ?></pre></div>

For some reason this forum rejects the code so you'll need to replace where it says (quote) with " in line 2 above.