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Magento 2 Theme Design

You're reading from   Magento 2 Theme Design Create stunning and responsive Magento 2 themes for your business

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785888229
Length 288 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Richard Carter Richard Carter
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Fernando J Miguel Fernando J Miguel
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Preface 1. Introduction to Magento 2 FREE CHAPTER 2. Exploring Magento Themes 3. Magento 2 Theme Layout 4. Magento UI Library 5. Creating a Responsive Magento 2 Theme 6. Magento 2 Styles Debugging 7. Magento UI Components 8. Magento Layout Development 9. Magento 2 JavaScript 10. Social Media in Magento 2 11. Theme Development Best Practices 12. Magento Theme Distribution

Magento 2 layout system


As seen in the previous chapter, the Magento 2 layout layer has a basic standard of positioning elements. If we think of a simple page that displays products in a given category, we have the following positioning vision:

You can see that each element's position has a specific role in rendering the layout. The controller specifies the rendering of each block according to their respective models and visualization layers:

The Magento 2 layout system, defined by XML files, is responsible for manipulating elements and the behavior of each block or page to be rendered by creating parameters to feed the system. It is correct that the layout files influence the behavior and performance of the View layer when the rendering happens.

The layout layer is divided into the following sections:

  • Page layout: This is responsible for declaring the general structure of the page, for example, a three-column layout. It operates mainly within the <body> element at the time of page...

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