How to force a template for an item in many categories ?

Hi.
We have some items published in many categories.
We thought the item would be displayed with the template of the main category. But this is not the case and we do not understand the logic :
How does it work? how does FLEXIcontent choose the template?

Many thanks in advance for help.
Best regards.


Joomla! 3.7.5
FLEXIcontent 3.2.0.1

items in category use categorie template
but item (unique) view use template define in type

Thank you micker.
We sometimes encounter the problem that the template of a secondary category is used (view : items in category)

in second category it the template of second category
did you find a bug ?

Yes, because we were hoping that the items would appear with the template of the main category and not of a secondary category ...

without codding no sens ...
just use same template for each category

Sorry I mix myself.
What we want is : when we display a category, we need that the template of this category displays the items.
And when we display another category (with, sometimes, items published in both categories), we need that the template of this other category displays the items.
I'll come back with examples.

Hello

i think that i understand you

the category A uses (the category layout) of 'template' A
the category B uses (the category layout) of 'template' B

item D is assigned to both categories A and B

you would want the item D to be shown using
- the (item layout) of template A when click via link in category view A
- the (item layout) of template B when click via link in category view B

Hello

it is possible and simple to do it
without any change in flexicontent core package

-1- in the item type you can select the "allowed" layouts (or leave it empty meaning all layouts are allowed)
-2- then in category_items(_html).php of yout custom template, at the line that creates the item links add:

Of course we could add a new parameter for this category configuration so that our templates can do this out of the box
but i think this usage case is rare ?