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Magento2: Programmatically Create Custom Layout XML

December 21, 2021 by Mukesh Chapagain

This article shows how you can create a custom layout XML handle programmatically in your custom module in Magento 2. I will be using event observer for this. app/code/Company/Module/etc/frontend/events.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Event/etc/events.xsd"> <event name="layout_load_before"> <observer name="mycompany_custom_layout" instance="Company\Module\Model\Observer\CustomLayout" /> </event> </config> app/code/Company/Module/Observer/CustomLayout.php Here, I am checking if a customer is logged in or not … Read more

Magento: Programmatically Remove Layout Block

December 14, 2021 by Mukesh Chapagain

This article shows how you can remove layout blocks through the PHP Program instead of working in the layout.xml file in Magento 2. I will be using event observer. app/code/Company/Module/etc/frontend/events.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Event/etc/events.xsd"> <event name="layout_generate_blocks_after"> <observer name="remove_block" instance="Company\Module\Model\Observer\RemoveBlock" /> </event> </config> app/code/Company/Module/Observer/RemoveBlock.php Here, I am checking if a customer is logged in or … Read more

Magento: If/Else Condition in Layout XML to Show/Hide Block

August 17, 2015 by Mukesh Chapagain

You can put IF condition in Layout XML file of Magento to show or hide any block. The IF condition checks for the Yes/No value of configuration settings. Suppose, you have a custom module. You have a custom block that you want to show in left and right sidebar. You have two Yes/No configuration settings … Read more

Magento: Load & Render Custom Layout Handle

August 10, 2015 by Mukesh Chapagain

Layout handles can be custom blocks that you want to load/display at any part of your page. In this article, I will show how to define layout handle in your layout xml file and call that handle from your module’s controller class. Suppose, you have a custom module and you want to display your custom … Read more

Magento: How to change default page layout?

December 25, 2014September 27, 2010 by Mukesh Chapagain

Here, I will show you how you can change the default page layout in Magento. By page layout, I mean all CMS page, category page, etc. There are different ways to change the page layout in Magento. Here are some of them:- Changing individual category page layout You can modify the page layout of each … Read more

Magento: Set/Change page layout, title tag, meta keywords and description

December 25, 2014February 16, 2010 by Mukesh Chapagain

Earlier in this blog, I had written about setting title, keywords, and description from xml layout file. In this article, I will be showing, how you can set/change title, keywords and description of any page programmatically. I mean, by php code. Here is the layout XML file. I have set title and template in the … Read more