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Handling your own Magento theme is not always a smooth path forward. However, with Template Path hints, you can create a work environment where you can visualize and understand exactly where you’re working on, as well as exactly where changes need to be made.
However, to enable template path hints, you have to have at least one preconfigured Storeview, which isn’t always ideal. There are several ways to get the job done, but I’ll only show you the fastest ones:
Via the Admin Panel:
Step 1: On the Admin sidebar, go to Stores > Settings > Configuration
Step 2: Expand Advanced > Developer
Step 3: Expand Debug and set Enable Template Path Hints for Storefront to Yes
Notes: You can also enable template path hints for admins by setting Enabled Template Path Hints for Admin to Yes.
Via command line
php bin/magento dev:template-hints:enable
And that’s just it. To disable template path hints, simple change enable to disable, like so:
php bin/magento dev:template-hints:disable
Conclusion
Monitoring Magento projects often means coming to an intimate understanding of various extensions and third-party tools in order to maintain and develop your Magento store with great efficiency. Profiting from this tutorial, you can save a lot of time in editing templates between switching front-end and back-end.
