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How to get the template name

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    Cookie Reply #1, 13 years ago
    Don’t know if this is the best way or not, but I’m thinking of declare the current template name as an id of the body tag to let JavaScript know which template is loaded and execute specific code related to that template.

    Well, the template id is present in the resource object, but how do I get the template name?

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      Lucas Reply #2, 13 years ago
      I think a better way would be to put the template-related JS in a chunk, and only include that chunk in the template where you want it to appear.

      I guess you could just hard-code the id into the template too if you wanted to continue that way.

      And... if you still want to get the template name you’ll need to write a small snippet and use something like this:
      $modx->getObject('modTemplate',$templateName);
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        BobRay Reply #3, 13 years ago
        This should do it, using your original plan:

        <body id="[[!TemplateName]]">



        <?php
/* TemplateName snippet */

$templateObj = $modx->resource->getOne('Template');

return $templateObj->get('templatename');
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        • Mark Hamstra Reply #4, 13 years ago
          Template shouldn’t change before the cache changes, so you could just call that cached right?
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            BobRay Reply #5, 13 years ago
            Quote from: Mark at Apr 27, 2011, 09:45 PM

            Template shouldn’t change before the cache changes, so you could just call that cached right?

            Good point. This should work fine:

            <body id="[[TemplateName]]">


            I just finished driving from New Orleans to MN, mostly in the rain, so I’m a little punchy right now. I was actually thinking that the tag might be used for different templates (without realizing that it’s *in* the template). tongue
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              mdehaan Reply #6, 11 years, 3 months ago
              Thank you BobRay!
              I needed this to apply a bodyclass and was looking into solving this problem for an hour already.

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              • sottwell Reply #7, 11 years, 3 months ago
                I don't understand the need for all of this. Why not just hardcode the template name as the ID? It's not like the template's name is dynamic, and will change from page to page. That's what snippets and TVs are for.

                I tend to work from the other end, using [[*alias]] for the ID, so that I can style pages differently as necessary. For example, if I want a page with a big form to have a single column, I can do this:
                #formpage #leftside{display:none;}
#formpage #rightside{display:none;}
#formpage #middle{width:80%;margin:auto;}
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                  mdehaan Reply #8, 11 years, 3 months ago
                  Quote from: sottwell at Jan 20, 2013, 08:20 PM
                  I don't understand the need for all of this. Why not just hardcode the template name as the ID? It's not like the template's name is dynamic, and will change from page to page. That's what snippets and TVs are for.

                  I tend to work from the other end, using [[*alias]] for the ID, so that I can style pages differently as necessary. For example, if I want a page with a big form to have a single column, I can do this:
                  #formpage #leftside{display:none;}
#formpage #rightside{display:none;}
#formpage #middle{width:80%;margin:auto;}

                  Because I use a header chunk that I call from every template.

                  Header chunk:
                  <!DOCTYPE html>
                  <html lang="en">
                  <head>
                  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
                  <title>pagetitle</title>
                  </head>
                  <body id="homepage">
                  <div id="header">header contents<div>

                  Content chunk:
                  <div id="content">content contents<div>

                  Footer chunk:
                  <div id="footer">footer contents<div>
                  </body>
                  </html>