Plone: how can I know if a repeat loop is empty?

Question

I need to display a friendly message if a repeat loop is empty. Example code:

<ul tal:repeat="data context/qr-list">
    <li><a tal:attributes="href string:det-rec?id=${data/id}" tal:content="data/vaga">description</a></li>
</ul>

When the loop is empty, I will display a message: Sorry, no results.

Answer 1

You could use something like this:

<tal:block define="items context/qr-list">
    <ul tal:condition="items" tal:repeat="data items">
        <li><a tal:attributes="href string:det-rec?id=${data/id}" tal:content="data/vaga">description</a></li>
    </ul>
    <p tal:condition="not:items">Sorry, no results.</p>
</tal:block>

Maybe you could use the length attribute of the repeat variable but I have never tested it with something like this. See Repeat variables on the Zope Page Templates Reference.