Different list.phtml for categorys in the backend of Magento 2.1.7

Question

I try to switch the list.phtml for 4 categorys. Each category should have his own list.phtml.

The problem:

I don't want to call it by the category id directly. I know I can easy do this directly in the list.phtml file for every category.

I want to call it in the backend from magento 2.

product->category under design.

I used:

<referenceBlock name="category.products.list">
    <arguments>
        <argument name="template" xsi:type="string">Magento_Catalog::product/list_souvenirs.phtml</argument>
    </arguments>
</referenceBlock>

and

<referenceBlock name="category.products.list">
     <action method="setTemplate">
        <argument name="template" xsi:type="string">Magento_Catalog::product/list_souvenirs.phtml</argument>
     </action>
</referenceBlock>

but none of them works.

The theme still use the list.phtml instead of my "list_souvenirs.phtml"

The list.phtml is called in the catalog_category_view.xml like this:

<referenceContainer name="content">
    <block class="Magento\Catalog\Block\Category\View" name="category.products" template="Magento_Catalog::category/products.phtml">
        <block class="Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\ListProduct" name="category.products.list" as="product_list" template="Magento_Catalog::product/list.phtml">

Its not a problem with my default.xml because I can delete the "breadcrumbs" for example.

<referenceBlock name="breadcrumbs" remove="true" />

Answer 1

Update and solution:

There is a ticket for this problem on github with a solution for fixing it temporary: https://github.com/magento/magento2/issues/7510#issuecomment-317691277

Short solution:

Do not create the

<referenceBlock name="category.products.list">

in the catalog_category_view.xml.

Then you can call it in the backend with you're custom list.phtml like this:

<referenceContainer name="columns.top">
<referenceBlock name="category.products.list">
     <action method="setTemplate">
        <argument name="template" xsi:type="string">Magento_Catalog::product/list_yourname.phtml</argument>
     </action>
</referenceBlock>