> That's it, the helper method works great. :) Thanks a lot, Scott.

> André

> On 29 Jun., 18:50, scottwb <scot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Try something like this...define a helper like:

> > def conditional_div(condition, attributes, &block)
> >   if condition
> >     haml_tag :div, attributes, &block
> >   else
> >     haml_concat capture_haml(&block)
> >   end
> > end

> > Then, in your template do:

> > - conditional_div(!skip_outer, {:id => "some_id"}) do
> >   / some content here

> > On Jun 29, 6:33 am, Cataclyst <a.lohr...@gmx.net> wrote:

> > > Hi all,

> > > so far I've been using haml with joy, but now I'm having a problem I'm
> > > not able to solve: I want to nest content within a div, but only if a
> > > specific local variable is true. The idea is to render a partial with
> > > or without the surrounding "container" div just as needed, in order to
> > > render a new item block or just replace the content within it (as an
> > > AJAX response).

> > > In ERB, I would do something similar to the following:

> > > ######

> > > <% if !skip_outer -%>
> > >   <div id="some_id">
> > > <% end -%>

> > >  <!-- some content here -->

> > > <% if !skip_outer -%>
> > >   </div>
> > > <% end -%>

> > > #######

> > > How do I accomplish the same thing with HAML? If-then statements don't
> > > really work:

> > > - if !skip_outer
> > >   #some_id
> > >   / content here would be rendered only on !skip_outer, and even not
> > > within the div#some_id

> > > neither does it with an else case:

> > > - if !skip_outer
> > >   #some_id
> > > - else
> > >   / content here would be rendered only on skip_outer

> > > Any ideas to get something like that work "gracefully", i.e. without
> > > having to double the content in both if-else-branches?

> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > André

> I have a somewhat related question

> Could I use this technique to conditionally nest some content?  I'm
> sorry if this is obvious from the last response, but I didn't get it
> yet.

> I want to render some columns and in the controller I determine how
> many items should be in each column.

> the markup I am trying to get is someting like

> %div#col_0
>  ul.group
>    li.item
>    li.item
>    li.item
>  ul.group
>    li.item
>    li.item
> %div#col_1
>  ul.group
>    li.item
>  ul.group
>    li.item
>    li.item

> from index.html.haml I am calling render :partial on group and from
> that partial I render :partial item

> So I need to be able to conditionally start / end the column div in
> the group partial.

> How should I go about this?

> Thanks,
> Noel

> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Nathan Weizenbaum<nex...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Or more directly,

> > def haml_tag_if(condition, *args, &block)
> >   if condition
> >     haml_tag *args, &block
> >   else
> >     yield
> >   end
> > end

> > That might be something worth adding to Haml::Helpers. Thoughts?

> > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Cataclyst <a.lohr...@gmx.net> wrote:

> >> That's it, the helper method works great. :) Thanks a lot, Scott.

> >> André

> >> On 29 Jun., 18:50, scottwb <scot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Try something like this...define a helper like:

> >> > def conditional_div(condition, attributes, &block)
> >> >   if condition
> >> >     haml_tag :div, attributes, &block
> >> >   else
> >> >     haml_concat capture_haml(&block)
> >> >   end
> >> > end

> >> > Then, in your template do:

> >> > - conditional_div(!skip_outer, {:id => "some_id"}) do
> >> >   / some content here

> >> > On Jun 29, 6:33 am, Cataclyst <a.lohr...@gmx.net> wrote:

> >> > > Hi all,

> >> > > so far I've been using haml with joy, but now I'm having a problem
> I'm
> >> > > not able to solve: I want to nest content within a div, but only if
> a
> >> > > specific local variable is true. The idea is to render a partial
> with
> >> > > or without the surrounding "container" div just as needed, in order
> to
> >> > > render a new item block or just replace the content within it (as an
> >> > > AJAX response).

> >> > > In ERB, I would do something similar to the following:

> >> > > ######

> >> > > <% if !skip_outer -%>
> >> > >   <div id="some_id">
> >> > > <% end -%>

> >> > >  <!-- some content here -->

> >> > > <% if !skip_outer -%>
> >> > >   </div>
> >> > > <% end -%>

> >> > > #######

> >> > > How do I accomplish the same thing with HAML? If-then statements
> don't
> >> > > really work:

> >> > > - if !skip_outer
> >> > >   #some_id
> >> > >   / content here would be rendered only on !skip_outer, and even not
> >> > > within the div#some_id

> >> > > neither does it with an else case:

> >> > > - if !skip_outer
> >> > >   #some_id
> >> > > - else
> >> > >   / content here would be rendered only on skip_outer

> >> > > Any ideas to get something like that work "gracefully", i.e. without
> >> > > having to double the content in both if-else-branches?

> >> > > Thanks in advance.
> >> > > André