How can I control whitespace after an action in html/template?
I am having a problem controlling whitespace and still formatting html/template templates in a readable fashion. My templates look somthing like this:
layout.tmpl
{{define "layout"}}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>{{.title}}</title>
</head>
<body>
{{ template "body" . }}
</body>
</html>
{{end}}
body.tmpl
{{define "body"}}
{{ range .items }}
{{.count}} items are made of {{.material}}
{{end}}
{{end}}
code
package main
import (
"os"
"text/template"
)
type View struct {
layout string
body string
}
type Smap map[string]string
func (self View) Render(data map[string]interface{}) {
layout := self.layout + ".tmpl"
body := self.body + ".tmpl"
tmpl := template.Must(template.New("layout").ParseFiles(layout, body))
tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(os.Stdout, "layout", data)
}
func main() {
view := View{ "layout", "body" }
view.Render(map[string]interface{}{
"title": "stock",
"items": []Smap{
Smap{
"count": "2",
"material": "angora",
},
Smap{
"count": "3",
"material": "wool",
},
},
})
}
But that produces (note: there is a line above the doctype):
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>stock</title>
</head>
<body>
2 items are made of angora
3 items are made of wool
</body>
</html>
What I want is:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>stock</title>
</head>
<body>
2 items are made of angora
3 items are made of wool
</body>
</html>
In other template languages I can say things like
[[- value -]]
and the whitespace before and after the action are stripped, but I don't see anything like that in html/template. Does this really mean I have to make my templates unreadable like the following?
layout.tmpl
{{define "layout"}}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>.title</title>
</head>
<body>
{{ template "body" . }} </body>
</html>
{{end}}
body.tmpl
{{define "body"}}{{ range .items }}{{.count}} items are made of {{.material}}
{{end}}{{end}}
Answer
You can use white space controller
{{range .foos -}} // eats trailing whitespace
<tr><td>do something</td></tr>
{{- end}} // eats leading whitespace (\n from previous line)