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I’m having an issue with v2.1.1 build 20101020.

elseif statements seem to eat line feeds from the HTML output, which makes my markup look very untidy unnecessarily.

if:elseif Example:

line one
line two{if segment_1=="visitors"}
    tabbed line{/if}
    another tabbed line
last line

...will display (at /visitors):

line one
line two
    tabbed line
    another tabbed line
last line

... as expected, right? However when I include an elseif:

line one
line two{if segment_1=="visitors"}
    tabbed line{if:elseif segment_1=="anything"}{/if}
    another tabbed line
last line

... will output:

line one
line two    tabbed line    another tabbed line
last line

... which makes no sense to me. Bug? Or am I just doing something wrong?

hd,

I tried something similar on my end.. but using the last_segment variable.

<h3>If Else If Test</h3>

<p>{if last_segment == "ifelse"}<br />
IFELSE!<br />
{if:else}<br />
{last_segment}<br />
{/if}

How does what I did differ?

Perhaps I am not being clear.

Here is a better example:

{if last_segment == "test"}line one{/if}
line two

will output in the html:

line one
line two

However, when using if:else or if:elseif the behavior is different:

{if last_segment == "test"}line one{if:else}alternate line one{/if}
line two

will output in the html:

line oneline two

Notice the line feed immediately following the IF statement was eliminated. This appears to be a bug, as it does not occur with singular-conditional IF statements. If another character is placed after the closing {/if} (but before the line feed) such as a space, the issue does not occur.

hd,

I really don’t think would be considered a bug but more of a feature request. It works like this even in EE1.x. Your feature request will get read by a dev.

If you write you drop the closing {/if} to the next line for any advanced conditionals you will have no problem with your source so

{if last_segment == "test"}line one{if:else}alternate line one
{/if}
line two

line one
line two{if segment_1=="visitors"}
    tabbed line{if:elseif segment_1=="anything"}
{/if}
    another tabbed line
last line