Need a quick way to turn on Template Hints for the Magento admin area?
It’s easy to turn them on for the front-end of the site, but if you need to do this for your Magento Admin area (for example, you’re building new modules or funtionality into the Magento admin area), it’s a little bit more complex.
To turn on the template hints for the Magento Admin area, simply open /app/etc/local.xml and add the follow code:
<config>
…
<websites>
<admin>
<dev>
<debug>
<template_hints>1</template_hints>
<template_hints_blocks>1</template_hints_blocks>
</debug>
</dev>
</admin>
</websites>
</config>