Magento2 - missing adminhtml custom block after upgrade to 2.2

Question 1

We had a custom block injected in the adminhtml section. This block is managed in a module (let's call it Vendor/Module) & it was working fine in Magento 2.1.*, following this methodology magento 2 - How to create a custom "admin" block and display it on an existing Admin page?

After upgrading to 2.2 the block has disappeared

I have checked for the concrete layout (in our case sales_order_view.xml) for any structural changes in the new version, but containers & blocks look the same as we had in 2.1.*

Any ideas for this?

This is the concrete layout file which worked fine in 2.1.*

app/code/Vendor/Module/view/adminhtml/layout/sales_order_view.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
 <body>
 <referenceBlock name="order_info">
 <block class="Vendor\Module\Block\Adminhtml\Sales\Order\View\Form" name="our_unique_block_name" template="Vendor_Module::our_template.phtml"/>
 </referenceBlock>
 </body>
</page>

UPDATE

Bounty: provide XML code to inject a block inside sales_order_view adminhtml layout, explaining how to place it in different sections of the page

Question 2

Nero Phung answer was a good try, and led me to the real problem, looking for all sales_order_view appearances in the vendor folder

2.2 version adds Temando_Shipping module, which overrides sales_order_view layout

vendor/temando/module-shipping-m2/view/adminhtml/layout/sales_order_view.xml

<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" layout="admin-2columns-left" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
 <body>
 <referenceContainer name="order_tab_info">
 <block class="Temando\Shipping\Block\Adminhtml\Sales\Order\View\Info" name="order_info" template="Temando_Shipping::sales/order/view/info.phtml">
 <container name="extra_customer_info"/>
 </block>
 </referenceContainer>
 </body>
</page>

So I could recover our custom block (using same XML layout as the one we used in 2.1.*) just by adding a module dependency

<module name="Vendor_Module">
 <sequence>
 <module name="Temando_Shipping"/>
 </sequence>
</module>

Question 3

Congratulations!

Question 4

Great work Raul, this saved me a lot of time debugging the same issue in our module on 2.2.

Question 5

As I can see. Magento has added a new container inside block named order_info:

<block class="Magento\Sales\Block\Adminhtml\Order\View\Info" name="order_info" template="Magento_Sales::order/view/info.phtml">
 <container name="extra_customer_info"/>
</block>

So you can try to use this code below:

<referenceContainer name="extra_customer_info">
 <block class="Vendor\Module\Block\Adminhtml\Sales\Order\View\Form" name="our_unique_block_name" template="Vendor_Module::our_template.phtml"/>
</referenceContainer>

Hope it will help!

Question 6

I have noticed that layout change in 2.2, but I wasn't sure it should affect... anyways, I have tried changing to <referenceContainer name="extra_customer_info"> but block still doesn't appear

Question 7

magento.stackexchange.com/a/216961/3566

Question 8

Can you try with referenceContainer?

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
 <body>
 <referenceContainer name="order_info">
 <block class="Vendor\Module\Block\Adminhtml\Sales\Order\View\Form" name="our_unique_block_name" template="Vendor_Module::our_template.phtml"/>
 </referenceBlock>
 </body>
</page>

Question 9

What's the purpose of the change? Why using referenceContainer to reference a block?

Question 10

I use referenceBlock to modify block class (eg change template) and referenceContainer to include over blocks. And it work's

Question 11

But... I believe you cannot reference a block (using its name) with a referenceContainer instruction

Raul Sanchez 2,6643 gold badges30 silver badges67 bronze badges · Answer 1 · 2018-03-12 11:02:23Z

Nero Phung answer was a good try, and led me to the real problem, looking for all sales_order_view appearances in the vendor folder

2.2 version adds Temando_Shipping module, which overrides sales_order_view layout

vendor/temando/module-shipping-m2/view/adminhtml/layout/sales_order_view.xml

<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" layout="admin-2columns-left" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
 <body>
 <referenceContainer name="order_tab_info">
 <block class="Temando\Shipping\Block\Adminhtml\Sales\Order\View\Info" name="order_info" template="Temando_Shipping::sales/order/view/info.phtml">
 <container name="extra_customer_info"/>
 </block>
 </referenceContainer>
 </body>
</page>

So I could recover our custom block (using same XML layout as the one we used in 2.1.*) just by adding a module dependency

<module name="Vendor_Module">
 <sequence>
 <module name="Temando_Shipping"/>
 </sequence>
</module>

Great work Raul, this saved me a lot of time debugging the same issue in our module on 2.2.

Nero Phung 1,3384 gold badges12 silver badges24 bronze badges · Answer 2 · 2018-03-12 02:36:22Z

As I can see. Magento has added a new container inside block named order_info:

<block class="Magento\Sales\Block\Adminhtml\Order\View\Info" name="order_info" template="Magento_Sales::order/view/info.phtml">
 <container name="extra_customer_info"/>
</block>

So you can try to use this code below:

<referenceContainer name="extra_customer_info">
 <block class="Vendor\Module\Block\Adminhtml\Sales\Order\View\Form" name="our_unique_block_name" template="Vendor_Module::our_template.phtml"/>
</referenceContainer>

Hope it will help!

I have noticed that layout change in 2.2, but I wasn't sure it should affect... anyways, I have tried changing to <referenceContainer name="extra_customer_info"> but block still doesn't appear

Aurélien 3322 silver badges7 bronze badges · Answer 3 · 2018-03-11 20:07:10Z

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Can you try with referenceContainer?

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
 <body>
 <referenceContainer name="order_info">
 <block class="Vendor\Module\Block\Adminhtml\Sales\Order\View\Form" name="our_unique_block_name" template="Vendor_Module::our_template.phtml"/>
 </referenceBlock>
 </body>
</page>

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What's the purpose of the change? Why using referenceContainer to reference a block?

Raul Sanchez
– Raul Sanchez

2018年03月12日 10:36:35 +00:00
Commented Mar 12, 2018 at 10:36
I use referenceBlock to modify block class (eg change template) and referenceContainer to include over blocks. And it work's

Aurélien
– Aurélien

2018年03月12日 15:16:21 +00:00
Commented Mar 12, 2018 at 15:16
But... I believe you cannot reference a block (using its name) with a referenceContainer instruction

Raul Sanchez
– Raul Sanchez

2018年03月12日 16:27:18 +00:00
Commented Mar 12, 2018 at 16:27

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