Specify template for flowblock

[iainhallam]

I have a few flowblocks that share field names but have different types. They could share a template, but at the moment I have to have a copy for each flowblock type. Can _template be supported on flowblock models?

[dairiki]

For pages, _template is a system field. That is, it is a page field that specifies the template to be used for rendering the page (defaulting to a template named based on the name of the model for the page).
Specifically, any overriding value for _template must be set in a contents.lr file on a per-page basis, rather than in an .ini file on a per-model basis.

The _template field could be supported for flowblocks, but (assuming that's done in a manner analogous to how it's done for pages) I don't think that's what you want in your case.

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One way to make the "duplication" of the templates for the various flowblocks more explicit, is to have each of the templates inherit from a common base.

E.g. putting the following in templates/blocks/block-type-one.html:

{% extends "block-base.html" %}

makes it clear that the block-type-one flowblock uses block-base.html for its template. (The same could be done for block-type-two, etc.)