Thymeleaf attributes with no html element

Question

What I do is use the Thymeleaf attributes but I don't want to have for example an extra div.

For example, I have this

<div sec:authorize="hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')">
    This content is only shown to administrators. 
</div>

But I'd like something like this:

<sec:authorize="hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')">
    This content is only shown to administrators. 
</>

Is this possible?

What you have posted is not valid xml/html. Thymeleaf expects valid html (tags) with custom attributes that it can use to render a view. — Sotirios Delimanolis
– Sotirios Delimanolis, Commented May 13, 2013 at 15:36
Hi Sotirios, I know that is not valid, is an example of what I need. Do you know how to handle this? — Federico Lenzi
– Federico Lenzi, Commented May 13, 2013 at 15:43
What I was trying to say is, since HTML doesn't have such tags and Thymeleaf uses HTML tags to render templates, you won't be able to achieve what you want with Thymeleaf. Not as far as I know. — Sotirios Delimanolis
– Sotirios Delimanolis, Commented May 13, 2013 at 15:48

Andrew · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-31 16:08:28Z

7

You can use the th:block tag:

<th:block sec:authorize="hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')">
    This content is only shown to administrators. 
</th:block>

From the Thymeleaf docs:

th:block is a mere attribute container that allows template developers to specify whichever attributes they want. Thymeleaf will execute these attributes and then simply make the block dissapear without a trace.

answered Aug 31, 2015 at 16:08

Andrew

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