Suppose I have a component:
@Component({
selector: 'MyContainer',
template: `
<div class="container">
<!-- some html skipped -->
<ng-content></ng-content>
<span *ngIf="????">Display this if ng-content is empty!</span>
<!-- some html skipped -->
</div>`
})
export class MyContainer {
}
Now, I would like to display some default content if <ng-content>
for this component is empty. Is there an easy way to do this without accessing the DOM directly?
Wrap ng-content
in an HTML element like a div
to get a local reference to it, then bind the ngIf
expression to ref.children.length == 0
:
template: `<div #ref><ng-content></ng-content></div>
<span *ngIf=" ! ref.children.length">
Display this if ng-content is empty!
</span>`
Updated for Angular 12; old logic ("
ref.nativeElement.childNodes.length
") gives error, asnativeElement
isundefined
nowadays.