JCB Layouts are modular Joomla layout files managed via the JCB GUI.
They are equivalent to Joomla's native layout override files (/layouts) and follow the same design principles.
With JCB Layouts, you can define reusable, customizable HTML+PHP views:
- Rendered from anywhere in your component (admin or site)
- Encapsulated in clean, template-driven blocks
- Fully namespace-aware and overridable like native Joomla layouts
This allows your components to remain cleaner, more maintainable, and DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself).
JCB Layouts help you:
- Extract reusable markup from views, fields, and modules
- Maintain structural consistency across your component
- Simplify changes by editing one file instead of many
- Allow for override support via Joomla templates
They're ideal for:
- Form row rendering
- Repeated output (like items in a loop)
- Conditionals and dynamic display logic
All Layouts are version-controlled and managed inside JCB's GUI under the Layouts tab.
To use a layout from a repository:
- Click the Init button inside the Layouts area.
- Choose a repository to load Layouts from.
- Select the specific Layout(s) you want to import.
- The Layout will now be available in your JCB project.
You can:
- Reset a Layout to sync with its upstream version
- Push your custom Layouts if you have write access
- Or Fork this repository to manage your own Layout collection
This lets you integrate upstream improvements while maintaining your own customization workflow.
- File Display Engine | Details | Settings | File Display Engine
- File Display Engine | Details | Settings | File Display Engine
- Importer Columns Display | Details | Settings | Importer Columns Display
- Importer Easy Mapping | Details | Settings | Importer Easy Mapping
- Importer Messages Log | Details | Settings | Importer Messages Log
- Modal | Details | Settings | Modal
- Recipes Card Body | Details | Settings | Recipes Card Body
- Recipes Modal | Details | Settings | Recipes Modal
- Rows | Details | Settings | Rows
- Table | Details | Settings | Table
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