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At the controller checkout_cart_index with the reference content, I want to replace this:

<block type="checkout/cart_coupon" name="checkout.cart.coupon" as="coupon" template="checkout/cart/coupon.phtml"/>

With this:

<block type="multicoupon/cart_coupon" name="checkout.cart.coupon" as="coupon" template="checkout/cart/coupon.phtml"/>

What happens is instead of replacing the block, it adds a new one. I've spent hours looking into this to no avail. Is there a way to do this with my own module using just the layout or will I have to write the change to a different file?

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Because unsetChild isn't working in this case, I suggest the nuclear option:

<checkout_cart_index>
    <remove name="checkout.cart.coupon"></remove>
</checkout_cart_index>

This will remove the block entirely. Not such a big deal because you'll immediately re-create it:

<checkout_cart_index>
    <remove name="checkout.cart.coupon"></remove>
    <reference name="checkout.cart">
        <block type="multicoupon/cart_coupon" name="checkout.cart.coupon" as="coupon" template="checkout/cart/coupon.phtml"/>
    </reference>
</checkout_cart_index>
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  • Doesn't work. Also tried using the value from the original block's as attribute as the value for the name parameter for unsetChild (as per this example: stackoverflow.com/questions/12422641/…. Commented Feb 24, 2014 at 18:09
  • @DissidentRage see update. Tested as working in 1.8. Commented Feb 24, 2014 at 18:50
  • I seem to have left out a vital piece of information: I didn't notice before that checkout.cart.coupon happened to be a child of the block checkout.cart. After using <action method="unsetChild"><name>checkout.cart.coupon</name></action> again inside <block name="checkout.cart"/> it worked flawlessly. Thank you! Commented Feb 24, 2014 at 18:58

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