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ho-nl/magento2-templatehints
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H&amp;O Magento 2 Advanced Template Hints module

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H&amp;O Magento 2 Advanced Template Hints module
================================================

[](#ho-magento-2-advanced-template-hints-module)

[![Overview](docs/total-workings.gif)](docs/total-workings.gif)

Ho\_Templatehints extends the default Magento template hints.

- Easily accessible with muscle memory `?ath=1`.
- Shows hints for **Templates**, **AbstractBlocks** (Blocks), **Containers** and **UI Components**.
- No layout interference: Using css outline instead of borders of other HTML elements, so it doesn't f'up the layout.

[![Usage $0](docs/usage.gif)](docs/usage.gif)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require --dev honl/magento2-templatehints
php bin/magento module:enable Ho_Templatehints
php bin/magento setup:upgrade

```

### Development installation (git enabled)

[](#development-installation-git-enabled)

```
composer require --dev honl/magento2-templatehints "dev-master"
php bin/magento module:enable Ho_Templatehints
php bin/magento setup:upgrade

```

### Configure PHPStorm, allow remote calls

[](#configure-phpstorm-allow-remote-calls)

[![Setting up PHPStorm](docs/phpstorm-config.png)](docs/phpstorm-config.png)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. Set your Magento 2 installation to developer mode (when in production mode make sure to add your IP address in Developer Client Restrictions).
2. Add `?ath=1` to your URL to activate.
3. Open up your console in you Chrome/Firefox/Safari/IE devtools.
4. hold ⇧ (shift)
5. Hover over the element you wish to inspect
6. Voila! Hints everywhere!

### Hints for hidden elements

[](#hints-for-hidden-elements)

You can't show hints for a hidden element, for that purpose there is `hint($0)`:

```
//Select an element in the Elements panel in your devtools, it is now available with $0
hint($0)
```

[![Console $0](docs/console.gif)](docs/console.gif)

Inner Workings
--------------

[](#inner-workings)

The module adds an additional HTML attribute to the outer most element of a layout element.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Inspiration from [Aoe\_TemplateHints](https://github.com/AOEpeople/Aoe_TemplateHints) and a lot of love from H&amp;O.

Developer
---------

[](#developer)

This module was developed by the H&amp;O team. Check out more about this module on the H&amp;O website: [H&amp;O Magento 2 Advanced Template hints module](https://www.h-o.nl/blog/h-o-magento-2-advanced-template-hints-module)

###  Health Score

48

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance39

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity41

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community29

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 59.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~314 days

Recently: every ~435 days

Total

11

Last Release

562d ago

PHP version history (8 changes)0.1.0PHP ~5.5.0|~5.6.0|~7.0.0

0.2.3PHP ~5.6.5|7.0.2|7.0.4|~7.0.6|~7.1.0

v0.2.4PHP ~5.6.5|7.0.2|7.0.4|~7.0.6|~7.1.0|~7.2.0

0.2.5PHP ~7.1

0.3.0PHP ~7.4||~8.1.0

0.4.0PHP ~7.3||~7.4||~8.1.0

0.5.0PHP ~7.3||~7.4||^8.1

0.6.0PHP ~7.3||~7.4||^8.1||~8.2

### Community

Maintainers

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