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Using view files in custom extensions

With EE 1.6.8, we now have the ability to use view files in modules and that’s great news for add-on developers. Recently I wanted to use view files for an extension I was developing, but the EE docs do not list a way to do that. Specifically, I wanted to use view files for the extension settings form and for the contents of the publish tab for the extension. Here’s a snippet of how to use view files in a custom extension:

I created a folder called ext_widget to hold my view files, keeping the view file separated from other extension files.