*ngIf else if in template

Question

How would I have multiple cases in an *ngIf statement? I'm used to Vue or Angular 1 with having an if, else if, and else, but it seems like Angular 4 only has a true (if) and false (else) condition.

According to the documentation, I can only do:

  <ng-container *ngIf="foo === 1; then first else second"></ng-container>
  <ng-template #first>First</ng-template>
  <ng-template #second>Second</ng-template>
  <ng-template #third>Third</ng-template>

But I want to have multiple conditions (something like):

  <ng-container *ngIf="foo === 1; then first; foo === 2; then second else third"></ng-container>
  <ng-template #first>First</ng-template>
  <ng-template #second>Second</ng-template>
  <ng-template #third>Third</ng-template>

But I'm ending up having to use ngSwitch, which feels like a hack:

  <ng-container [ngSwitch]="true">
    <div *ngSwitchCase="foo === 1">First</div>
    <div *ngSwitchCase="bar === 2">Second</div>
    <div *ngSwitchDefault>Third</div>
  </ng-container>

Alternately, it seems like a lot of the syntaxes I've got used to from Angular 1 and Vue aren't supported in Angular 4, so what would be the recommended way to structure my code with conditions like this?

Answer 1

Another alternative is to nest conditions

<ng-container *ngIf="foo === 1;else second"></ng-container>
<ng-template #second>
    <ng-container *ngIf="foo === 2;else third"></ng-container>
</ng-template>
<ng-template #third></ng-template>