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Enhance your TYPO3 backend layouts with custom styling! This extension allows you to apply styles to backend layouts, making it easier for editors to visually identify different sections.

👁 Example Layout

📌 Features

• Style full backend layouts and individual cells
• Improve editor experience with visually distinct sections
• Utilize CSS patterns for creative background designs

🛠 Requirements

• TYPO3 13.4.6+
• Backend layouts configured via Page TSconfig

🚀 Installation

Install via Composer:

composer req georgringer/backend-layout-enhanced

🎨 Usage

After installing the extension, you can define custom styles in your backend layout configuration. Styles can be applied both globally and per cell.

⚠ Important: The identifier property is required. Learn more in the official TYPO3 documentation.

Example Configuration

mod.web_layout.BackendLayouts.col-2 {
 title = Layout with 2 columns
 config {
 backend_layout {
 styles = background-color: #e5e5f7; background-image: radial-gradient(#5a3628 0.5px, #e5e5f7 0.5px); background-size: 10px 10px;
 colCount = 3
 rowCount = 1
 rows {
 1.columns {
 1 {
 name = Main
 identifier = main
 styles = background: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, #E9E9E9, #E9E9E9 10px, #F6F6F6 10px, #F6F6F6 20px);
 colspan = 2
 colPos = 0
 }

 2 {
 name = Right
 identifier = right
 styles = background: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, #FFCD1E, #FFCD1E 10px, #cca418 10px, #cca418 20px);
 colPos = 1
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
}

💡 Tip: Search for "CSS background generator pattern" for creative styling ideas.

🔍 Additional Information

Starting from TYPO3 13.4.6, the Page Module provides additional CSS classes for styling:

• .t3-grid-container-{layoutIdentifier}
• .t3-grid-cell-{cellIdentifier}

These classes can be used to further customize the appearance of your backend layouts.