What does this do and when should I be using it in my sections? Is it just whenever I call a block in my html? I’ve read the doc and still don’t understand what it exactly does and when and why it is needed.
Hi @TheThisThat ,
It helps to display block in file section. Refer https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/themes/os20/theme-structure/sections/#customize-your-theme-templates-with-sections-and-blocks
You can refer to this code, it will show blocks when declaring schema, ex: https://github.com/Shopify/dawn/blob/main/sections/collection-list.liquid
https://i.imgur.com/sYe3MD5.png
Hope it clear to you.
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Hey @TheThisThat ,
The accepted solution here didn’t really seem to clear things up, so I did a little digging myself.
This article states:
We’ll also use the block.shopify_attributes to add data attributes to the element. The theme editor’s JavaScript API uses a block’s shopify_attributes to identify blocks and listen for events.
For anyone who lands here in 2023, the answer to this question is documented here: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/block#block-shopify_attributes
Although these answers are correct, Shopify docs don’t really explain it well. Here is an image of the functionality it adds.
Hovering blocks in your custom section with the {{block.shopify_attributes}} allows you to click, drag, and interact with the popup tool bar.