I'm trying to process a list using jstl. I want to treat the first element of the list differently than the rest. Namely, I want only the first element to have display set to block, the rest should be hidden.
What I have seems bloated, and does not work.
Thanks for any help.
<c:forEach items="${learningEntry.samples}" var="sample">
<!-- only the first element in the set is visible: -->
<c:if test="${learningEntry.samples[0] == sample}">
<table class="sampleEntry">
</c:if>
<c:if test="${learningEntry.samples[0] != sample}">
<table class="sampleEntry" style="display:hidden">
</c:if>
It can be done even shorter, without <c:if>
:
<c:forEach items="${learningEntry.samples}" var="sample" varStatus = "status">
<table class="sampleEntry" ${status.first ? '' : 'style = "display:none"'}>
</c:forEach>