I'd like to define a custom template for one of my views, but when I clicked "Rescan template files" it didn't didn't find the file. I realised I'm using a separate admin theme, and so put the file in the admin theme folder & it found it!

This means that when Views rescans for template files, it only looks in the folder of the currently displayed template. I would think best practice would be to rescan the default theme, rather than the current admin theme!

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amanda267’s picture

amanda267 commented
Version: 6.x-2.0 » 6.x-2.2
Priority: Normal » Critical

Same experience here - I think this is a critical views bug - currently using the latest 6.x-2.2 version of views

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tonycaine commented

I had the same experience here Also using 6.x-2.2 version of views and using drupal 6.4

Upgraded to drupal6.8 after seeing '#333060 by neclimdul, merlinofchaos, dvessel: child themes did not inherit patterns correctly, so more specific template files are not detected' because was having issues with a sub theme of zen.

This (for me) has fixed this issue. That is, while using 'pushbutton' as admin theme and using a child of Zen and the templates from that child are now used. eg. '\sites\all\themes\zen\blackie\views-view-field--podcasts--title.tpl.php'.

THANKS.

However, in the edit page for the view, the rescan does not show these templates if i don't have them in the pushbutton dir.

IncrediblyKenzi’s picture

IncrediblyKenzi commented

Experiencing the same.

A quick workaround is to select the appropriate theme to configure in the "administrative theme" panel, then edit your view, then switch it back.

Hope this helps someone.

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akalsey commented

A workaround is to re-scan the theme files in a different way. Go to your themes admin page (admin/build/themes) and hit Save Configuration at the bottom. Even if you haven't changed the config, it will rebuild the theme registry and your changes will be picked up in all themes.

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semireg commented

This has wasted 10 hours of my life.

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febbraro commented

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blackdog commented
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

This is a duplicate of #330956: Views UI won't find template files.