{"id":143974,"date":"2025-03-19T15:56:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/analytics\/folders-and-syntax-highlighting-in-google-tag-manager\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T15:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:56:31","slug":"folders-and-syntax-highlighting-in-google-tag-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=143974","title":{"rendered":"Folders And Syntax Highlighting In Google Tag Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"


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What a nice way to wake up to a new day, when brand-spanking new features have been released for Google Tag Manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two features I want to introduce here are Folders<\/strong> in the UI, and code syntax highlighting<\/strong> in Custom HTML Tags and Custom JavaScript Variables.<\/p>\n


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Folders<\/h2>\n
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Folders is one of those features that has been requested for over and over again since day one. The UI clutter in GTM is a serious problem, especially when dealing with dozens and dozens of items in a single view. With folders, you can logically categorize individual items, so it should dramatically reduce clutter. That is, once the feature is more refined.<\/p>\n

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To create a new folder, browse to the new navigation item Folders<\/strong> in the left-hand panel, after which you\u2019ll be treated to a new view. In this view, it is possible to create a New Folder<\/strong>, and select multiple items to Move<\/strong> into this folder.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the thing. For now, this is just a nice UI feature. In essence, it\u2019s a new sortable column, nothing more. It\u2019s a huge step in the right direction, but it requires a lot more refinement:<\/p>\n

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    Ability to have one item in multiple folders<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Restrict user access to only certain folders, preferably on all user levels, but at least so that they can only View the contents<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Selective publish only folder X, or leave folder Y out of publish workflow<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Only show items from folder X in the view (Tags \/ Triggers \/ Variables)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Include folders in the quick search on top of the left-hand panel<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Only after refinements like these can we truly celebrate. Just kidding, we can do a little GTM jiggle right now.<\/p>\n

    Code syntax highlighting<\/h2>\n

    This got me way more excited. I and many others have been using the excellent Code Editor for GTM<\/a>, created by the awesome people at fifty-five<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    No matter how great that extension is, it\u2019s weird that GTM didn\u2019t have syntax highlighting enabled natively. Well, now it does!<\/p>\n

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    \"Syntax<\/p>\n

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    It looks great, and has features you\u2019d expect from a syntax highlighter, such as automatic indentation. It does lack some stuff, like highlighting both brackets around a code block when the cursor passes over one of them, but I\u2019m sure these are refinements that can be added to the tool later.<\/p>\n

    Both of these features are very<\/strong> welcome to Google Tag Manager, so good job devs, again! Now let\u2019s make them even better, right?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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