layout custom module location

.idea/jsonSchemas.xml

@@ -797,6 +797,25 @@
             </SchemaInfo>
           </value>
         </entry>
+        <entry key="metadata/app/layouts">
+          <value>
+            <SchemaInfo>
+              <option name="generatedName" value="New Schema" />
+              <option name="name" value="metadata/app/layouts" />
+              <option name="relativePathToSchema" value="schema/metadata/app/layouts.json" />
+              <option name="schemaVersion" value="JSON Schema version 7" />
+              <option name="patterns">
+                <list>
+                  <Item>
+                    <option name="pattern" value="true" />
+                    <option name="path" value="*/Resources/metadata/app/layouts.json" />
+                    <option name="mappingKind" value="Pattern" />
+                  </Item>
+                </list>
+              </option>
+            </SchemaInfo>
+          </value>
+        </entry>
         <entry key="metadata/app/linkManager">
           <value>
             <SchemaInfo>

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -334,6 +334,12 @@
             ],
             "url": "./schema/metadata/app/language.json"
         },
+        {
+            "fileMatch": [
+                "*/Resources/metadata/app/layouts.json"
+            ],
+            "url": "./schema/metadata/app/layouts.json"
+        },
         {
             "fileMatch": [
                 "*/Resources/metadata/app/linkManager.json"

application/Espo/Resources/metadata/app/layouts.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}

application/Espo/Tools/Layout/LayoutProvider.php

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ namespace Espo\Tools\Layout;
 use Espo\Core\InjectableFactory;
 use Espo\Core\Utils\File\Manager as FileManager;
 use Espo\Core\Utils\Json;
+use Espo\Core\Utils\Metadata;
 use Espo\Core\Utils\Resource\FileReader;
 use Espo\Core\Utils\Resource\FileReader\Params as FileReaderParams;
 use RuntimeException;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ class LayoutProvider
     public function __construct(
         private FileManager $fileManager,
         private InjectableFactory $injectableFactory,
+        private Metadata $metadata,
         FileReader $fileReader
     ) {
         $this->fileReader = $fileReader;
@@ -62,8 +64,15 @@ class LayoutProvider
 
         $path = 'layouts/' . $scope . '/' . $name . '.json';
 
-        $params = FileReaderParams::create()
+        $params = FileReaderParams::create()->withScope($scope);
-            ->withScope($scope);
+
+        $module = $this->getLayoutLocationModule($scope, $name);
+
+        if ($module) {
+            $params = $params
+                ->withScope(null)
+                ->withModuleName($module);
+        }
 
         if ($this->fileReader->exists($path, $params)) {
             return $this->fileReader->read($path, $params);
@@ -72,6 +81,11 @@ class LayoutProvider
         return $this->getDefault($scope, $name);
     }
 
+    private function getLayoutLocationModule(string $scope, string $name): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->metadata->get("app.layouts.{$scope}.{$name}.module");
+    }
+
     private function getDefault(string $scope, string $name): ?string
     {
         $defaultImplClassName = 'Espo\\Custom\\Classes\\DefaultLayouts\\' . ucfirst($name) . 'Type';

schema/metadata/app/layouts.json

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+    "$id": "https://www.espocrm.com/schema/metadata/app/layouts.json",
+    "title": "app/layouts",
+    "description": "Layouts.",
+    "type": "object",
+    "propertyNames": {
+        "anyOf": [
+            {"type": "string"}
+        ]
+    },
+    "additionalProperties": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "description": "A scope name.",
+        "additionalProperties": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "description": "A layout name.",
+            "properties": {
+                "module": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "description": "A module in which the layout is located."
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

tests/unit/Espo/Core/Utils/LayoutTest.php

@@ -29,43 +29,38 @@
 
 namespace tests\unit\Espo\Core\Utils;
 
+use Espo\Core\Utils\Metadata;
 use Espo\Tools\Layout\LayoutProvider;
 use Espo\Core\Utils\File\Manager as FileManager;
 use Espo\Core\InjectableFactory;
 
-use Espo\Core\{
+use Espo\Core\Utils\Resource\FileReader;
-    Utils\Resource\FileReader,
+use Espo\Core\Utils\Resource\FileReader\Params as FileReaderParams;
-    Utils\Resource\FileReader\Params as FileReaderParams,
-};
 
 class LayoutTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
 {
-    /**
+    /** @var LayoutProvider */
-     * @var LayoutProvider
-     */
     private $layout;
-
+    /** @var InjectableFactory */
-    /**
-     * @var InjectableFactory
-     */
     private $injectableFactory;
-
+    /** @var FileManager */
-    /**
-     * @var FileManager
-     */
     private $fileManager;
-
     private $fileReader;
 
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
         $this->fileManager = $this->createMock(FileManager::class);
-
         $this->injectableFactory = $this->createMock(InjectableFactory::class);
-
         $this->fileReader = $this->createMock(FileReader::class);
 
-        $this->layout = new \Espo\Tools\Layout\LayoutProvider($this->fileManager, $this->injectableFactory, $this->fileReader);
+        $metadata = $this->createMock(Metadata::class);
+
+        $this->layout = new LayoutProvider(
+            $this->fileManager,
+            $this->injectableFactory,
+            $metadata,
+            $this->fileReader
+        );
     }
 
     public function testGet1(): void