How to check if string exists in template?

256 Views Asked by izolate At 20 September 2013 at 14:46

I'm returning a string body_class to my view. I can't seem to put in a condition without breaking it:

<body tal:condition="body_class" class="${body_class}">
<body tal:condition="not body_class">

Kinda works. It outputs the body class but the rest of the template doesn't work. I'm looking for a solution that puts in the body class if the string exists, otherwise leaves it out.

Dunno what I'm doing wrong.

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Mathias On 20 September 2013 at 14:58

I suppose your talking about a browser view (BorwserView).

Something like that should work if body_class is a method of your BrowserView:

<body tal:condition="view/body_class" class="${view/body_class}">
...
</body>
<body tal:condition="not: view/body_class">
...
</body>

Martijn Pieters On 20 September 2013 at 17:02

You don't want to use tal:condition here; you are toggling the whole element on or off, including the contents.

You only want to set the class attribute:

<body tal:attributes="class: body_class">

This works fine for empty strings, you'll just get an empty class element; if body_class is None, the attribute will be omitted altogether.

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