How to notice things inward Blogger's Theme editor

This article explains how to honour things (gadgets or text) inward the Theme editor inward Blogger.

Very oftentimes when yous are editing your Theme inward Blogger, yous involve to honour special text.

For example, yous mightiness involve to honour all places where  "</head" appears, together with then yous tin add together something to the rattling side past times side line.   Or yous mightiness desire to honour the code for a special gadget (aka widget), together with then that yous tin set a conditional-formatting disceptation roughly it.

There are directly 2 tools yous tin piece of job to honour items inward the Theme editor:

• The Jump to Widget tool if yous are looking for a Widget
• The Find bar if yous are looking for a text string.

More data nearly using each of these is given below.

How to piece of job the Jump to Widget tool

First, yous involve to honour out the exact refer for the widget / gadget that yous involve to honour the code for.    (See Finding a gadget's name for a tip on how to produce this).

Then, within the Theme editor (see Editing your Blogger Theme for how to popular off there), but select the refer yous are looking for from the drib downwards listing .   (Click the arrow beside Jump to Widget to encounter the items inward the list):

Once yous convey chosen an item from the list, the template editing window moves to the house where this gadget is listed inward the subject code.   It unremarkably places it inward the 2nd describe of piece of job of the editing window.  For example, inward the moving painting below, I chose to outpouring to the Followers1 gadget.

How to honour whatever text inward the Theme editor

Click anywhere inside the Theme-editor window:   this is the rectangle which shows the code inward your Theme.    (It's of import to click within hither first, or the side past times side command volition piece of job differently)

On your keyboard, press Ctrl/f:   to produce this, concur downwards the command (ctrl) key, together with press the  f    key.

A search bar volition directly demo inward the overstep right corner of the subject editing window - similar this:

Type the text you desire to honour into the Search bar together with press Enter.   

The cursor volition motion to the get-go fourth dimension that the text appears.   

To honour the side past times side house where the text appears, click into the Search-bar together with press Enter again 

Repeat equally oftentimes equally yous involve to honour the right place.  

When yous are finished amongst searching, click the X push at the right mitt side of the Search-bar to unopen it.

How to encounter the details within a gadget or other slice of code

You tin directly honour whatever text that yous involve to honour inward Blogger's subject editor (previously called the Template editor).   

But if yous await carefully at the Theme-editing window yous volition encounter that at that topographic point is sometimes a horizontal arrow inward the left-hand side of the code, together with that the describe of piece of job numbers outpouring - similar this:

This happens because some of the special is hidden, to brand the theme-code easier to piece of job with.

But yous tin piece of job the arrow (called an expand-arrow) to encounter it all:  Click on it together with yous volition encounter that it changed to a downwards arrow, together with that the code window directly shows some extra lines which were previously hidden.

You won't e'er involve to produce this:   some template edits but tell to honour the code for a gadget together with to set extra instructions earlier together with afterwards it.   But others involve yous to opened upwards up the gadget code together with brand changes inside.

Job done!  You tin directly honour gadget together with text items within your Blogger Theme - together with then yous tin maintain editing it.

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