Version 7.x-1.0 is deprecated in favor of version 7.x-2.0

What is Views custom template?

Views custom template allows you to add a template suggestion for view displays, rows and fields so you can re-use one template for multiple views

This allows you to create and reuse a single template. Instead of copying (and duplicating) a template, stay DRY.

Version 7.x-2.0

See documentation

Version 7.x-1.0

The module extends the Views Fields display, so you can still assign fields and alter them using standard Views options: links, labels, booleans etc. The resulting template will have a $content variable available that contains an object with the mapped fields by field name.

Template function

Views resolves which template to use via theme hooks. This module adds 1 theme hook that starts with custom_template__. You don't include that part in the Template function field. The template file will have to include that part though:

• Template function: event_block
• Preprocessors: hook_custom_template and hook_custom_template__event_block
• Template file: custom-template--event-block.tpl.php

Field name mapping

Since several Views and Views displays can end up in a single template, it might contain different field names. (It might even contain different fields.) Instead of coding inside the template, or having a huge row preprocessor, this module allows for field name mapping. You can specify the target name for every field, so that the template can depend on predictable field names.