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    Managing your helpers

    You can manage your existing Helpers including editing, disabling selection and deleting them.

    Editing a helper

    1. Navigate to DX8 > Helpers > Helpers
    2. Find the Helper you want to edit
    3. Click Edit
    4. On the next screen, edit the Helper
    5. Click Save and continue
    6. The changes you have made will apply to future use of the Helper. 

    Editing your helper you can:

    • Edit the name for your Helper in the Title field
    • Select a category for your Helper. This organizes your Helpers into logical categories to help your editors find them within the sidebar browser
    • Select a preview image of your Helper which will appear in the sidebar editor when in the visual view mode in the sidebar.

    Disabling selection of a helper

    When you disable selection of a Helper it will no longer appear as an option in the Sidebar browser.

    1. Navigate to DX8 > Helpers > Helpers
    2. Find the Helper you want to disable selection
    3. Click Disable selection
    4. On the confirmation screen, click Disable selection.

    Enabling selection of a helper

    When you enable selection of a Helper it will appear as an option in the Sidebar browser.

    1. Navigate to DX8 > Helpers > Helpers
    2. Find the Helper you want to enable selection
    3. Click Enable selection
    4. On the confirmation screen, click Enable selection.

    Export helper to file

    DX8 allows you to export a single helper to a package file.

    1. Navigate to DX8 > Helpers > Helpers
    2. Find the Helper you want to export
    3. Click Export package to file, for more information on exporting configuration using DX8 sync
    4. A .yml file will then be downloaded.

    Lock a helper

    Locking a helper will stop the base style from being overridden if changes are detected when importing using DX8 sync.

    1. Navigate to DX8 > Helpers > Helpers
    2. Find the Helpers you want to lock
    3. Click Lock entity, for more information on locking DX8 entities.

    Deleting a helper

    When you delete a Helper it will permanently remove the files and configuration. 

    1. Navigate to DX8 > Helpers > Helpers
    2. Find the Helper you want to delete
    3. Click Delete
    4. On the confirmation screen, click Delete.

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