Magento – Magento2 Best practice to edit layout xml file

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Suppose that I want to edit the file

vendor/magento/module-theme/view/frontend/layout/default.xml

Do I edit the file directly?

It seems not a best practice to me.

Or is there anyway I can extend the file to override the content.

Best Answer

You can use the following to override the layout file. For Example, vendor/magento/module-theme/view/frontend/layout/default.xml

<vendor_theme_dir>
|__/<vendor_theme>
  |__/Magento_Theme
    |__/view
      |__/frontend
         |__/layout
            |__/default.xml

So you just need to override a file under your theme folder.

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the file you're looking for is probably this one:

vendor/magento/module-catalog/view/base/web/template/product/list/listing.html

But, pay attention it's a UI component so it may be used (as the file name suggest) in many other places

Magento2 Layout Overrides – Difference Between Extend a Layout and Override Layout

Extending Means create a layout file and just add your changes, Overriding need whole code to be present in the layout

Extending a layout:

Rather than copy extensive page layout or page configuration code and then modify what you want to change, in the Magento system, you only need to create an extending layout file that contains the changes you want.

<theme_dir>
     |__/<Namespace>_<Module>
     |__/layout
        |--<layout1>.xml
        |--<layout2>.xml

Override a layout

Not all layout customizations can be performed by extending existing layouts. If the amount of customizations is large, you can use the overriding function for the needed layout file.

<theme_dir>
  |__/<Namespace_Module>
    |__/layout
      |__/override
         |__/base
           |--<layout1>.xml
           |--<layout2>.xml

You can find a detailed tutorial at Magento Official site at below link

Extend Layout Source

Override Layout Source

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