Anyone any good reference about the variables available in the view template?
What I usually do when I need to inspect a views variable, that often can be as complex as you describe is to use dpm. Dpm can't always show all of the items since the information is repeated. But then you can dpm the specific parts you need.

So you often start doing dpm($view); but end up using dpm($view-&gt;displays...); to get what you need. Using a reference might be a bit overkill since the view varisble is dymanic, but after doing it a while you start figuring out where you can find stuff. The names is pretty selfexplanatory.