I installed the beta to test, and I noticed that when I go to edit a page that has a single template, this template is rendering when editing the page. It is very difficult to edit the page with the template together. I would like that when the final version comes out, either add an option to render when editing pages or templates or, if it is not possible, have this option to continue as in the current versions before the beta of not rendering. when editing the page.
Hey @Davi,
I would like to understand why it’s harder to edit the page if you also see a template. Isn’t it better, since now you see exactly how it will look?
Can you make a screenshot or your page, and mark the “page part”, so I try to understand why it’s more difficult for you?
Thanks.
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Below is a video explaining it so that you can better understand.
very nice, dashboard, was this made with bricks, and jet engine, or it has custom PHP?
Just bricks builder.
Hi @Davi,
Thanks for the video explainer! It looks like you’re facing a styling bug when previewing the page. We’ve seen a similar issue with classes, which we’re already aware of, but I’d like to confirm if your issue is related so we can address it properly.
Could you export the single template you’re using and share it with us at help@bricksbuilder.io? Please also include a link to this forum thread so we can track the context. I’ll then try reproducing the issue locally.
Thank you for your attention. Yes, I will forward it to you by email now. But I would like to emphasize that it would be better to have the option to enable or disable real-time viewing of the single during editing. If you don’t have the option, you can keep it as it is and not show it.
Thank you for sharing the template. I’ve investigated the issue and identified the culprit: styles added to the template’s Page Settings > Custom CSS are not being enqueued on the page in the builder. I’ve logged this in our bug tracker and updated the forum thread’s title and category to reflect the issue.
Regarding the new behavior of showing outer Post Content elements in the builder: this feature has been requested by many users for a long time and has been received largely positively. So far, I haven’t seen other requests to disable it. We believe it’s the correct approach, as it ensures the builder preview closely matches the frontend. Is there a particular reason you’d prefer not to see it as it would appear on the frontend if the bug you experienced is fixed?
We’ll continue to monitor feedback on this. If it becomes clear that there’s significant demand for hiding outer Post Content elements in the builder, we can consider adding an option to disable this feature for those who prefer it.
Regarding showing the elements in the edit, I understand that it makes sense. However, in my case, as you noticed, I use it for dashboards and in the edit, this ends up polluting the edit. Perhaps if we could select in the page configuration whether we want to display the template in the edit, wouldn’t that solve the problem? What I’ll have to do now in the new update will be to put the template as a draft when editing so as not to pollute my edit. I appreciate your attention.
Thank you for explaining your use case. For cases like yours, where a strong separation is needed and you don’t want to see the single template applied in the builder, you may consider creating the page’s content in a template with the type set to Section. Then, use the Template element to import that section into your page.
As mentioned earlier, we haven’t seen similar requests so far, but if there’s more support for the ability to toggle template visibility in the builder, we may consider implementing it.
Hi Davi,
We fixed this issue in Bricks 1.12, now available as a one-click update in your WordPress Dashboard.
Changelog: Bricks 1.12 Changelog – Bricks
Please let us know if you are still experiencing issues.
Best regards,
timmse
Hi @Davi,
Regarding disabling “Show outer Post Content elements”, I just shared an example of how you may achieve that using bricks/active_templates here: Filter: bricks/active_templates – Bricks Academy. I hope that’s helpful if you still need this!