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How Can I move a search bar in Navigation div in Magento 2 via XML?

September 7, 2015 - Magento 2

You can put a search box after the navigation block and use css to make display it in one line, since html/topmenu.phtml block doesn’t print its child’s

<move element="top.search" destination="page.top" after="catalog.topnav" />

1	<move element="top.search" destination="page.top" after="catalog.topnav" />

Alternatively, you can overwrite html/topmenu.phtml to

<?php $columnsLimit = $block->getColumnsLimit() ?: 0; ?> <?php $_menu = $block->getHtml('level-top', 'submenu', $columnsLimit) ?> <nav role="navigation"> <ul data-mage-init='{"menu":{"responsive":true, "expanded":true, "position":{"my":"left top","at":"left bottom"}}}'> <?php echo $_menu; ?> </ul> <?php echo $block->getChildHtml() ?> </nav>

<?php $columnsLimit = $block->getColumnsLimit() ?: 0; ?> <?php $_menu = $block->getHtml('level-top', 'submenu', $columnsLimit) ?> <nav role="navigation"> <ul data-mage-init='{"menu":{"responsive":true, "expanded":true, "position":{"my":"left top","at":"left bottom"}}}'> <?php echo $_menu; ?> </ul> <?php echo $block->getChildHtml() ?> </nav>

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What should I do if Magento 2 grunt exec does not create symlinks

September 7, 2015 - Magento 2

Magento 2 Development

Probably, you have a problem related to this bug. You can fix it with the aid of this patch.

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How to Generate constructors in Magento 2

September 7, 2015 - Magento 2

Because of Dependency Injection pattern Magento 2 have huge constructors for every class. World best PHP IDE PHP Storm can help you generate constructors and save lots of time in Magento 2 development.

With constructor generator you will be able to create constructors with arguments, with the value assigned to the field variables. Continue Reading

How to get a base url in Magento 2

September 7, 2015 - Magento 2

Magento 2 Development

To get a URL from your Magento root directory, use getUrl. Since it inherits from the AbstractBlock class (Magento\Framework\View\Element\AbstractBlock), you are able to use it with any of your blocks. Check the below example:

$this->getUrl('pub/media/video/', ['_secure' => $this->getRequest()->isSecure()]).$fileName

1	$this->getUrl('pub/media/video/', ['_secure' => $this->getRequest()->isSecure()]).$fileName

The first parameter is the path you need, while the second one sets the _secure option if the user is browsing over https. You can add to the path by concatenating a specific filename onto the getUrl call or you could add it to the first parameter as well. Please note that the path is relative to the root directory of your Magento install.

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