How to use the layout's getElementAlias() method to get the alias of a block or a contaner?

dmitry_fedyuk (Dmitrii Fediuk) February 12, 2016, 9:55pm 1

Declaration

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magento/magento2/blob/6ce74b2/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/LayoutInterface.php#L227-L233


/**
 * Get element alias by name
 *
 * @param string $name
 * @return bool|string
 */
public function getElementAlias($name);

Definition

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magento/magento2/blob/6ce74b2/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout.php#L890-L900


/**
 * Get element alias by name
 *
 * @param string $name
 * @return bool|string
 */
public function getElementAlias($name)
{
    $this->build();
    return $this->structure->getChildAlias($this->structure->getParentId($name), $name);
}

Usages

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magento/magento2/blob/6ce74b2/app/code/Magento/Catalog/view/frontend/templates/product/view/details.phtml#L20-L21


$alias = $layout->getElementAlias($name);
$label = $block->getChildData($alias, 'title');

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magento/magento2/blob/6ce74b2/app/code/Magento/Theme/view/frontend/templates/html/sections.phtml#L30-L31


$alias = $layout->getElementAlias($name);
$label = $block->getChildData($alias, 'title');

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magento/magento2/blob/6ce74b2/app/code/Magento/UrlRewrite/Block/Edit.php#L256-L259


$alias = $layout->getElementAlias($name);
if (false !== strpos($alias, '_button')) {
    $layout->unsetChild($this->getNameInLayout(), $alias);
}