Conditional rendering

What is Directive?

Directives are special HTML attributes. The LWC programming model has a few custom directives that let you manipulate the DOM using markup.

In LWC we have two special directives for conditional rendering.

1.if:true

2.if:false

How to render LWC template conditionally?

To render HTML conditionally, add the if:true|if:false directive to a nested <template> tag that encloses the conditional content.

Syntax

<template if:true={expression}>
  Show me when expression is true
</template>

<template if:false={expression}>
  Show me when the expression is false
</template>

Use this directive to render DOM elements in a template conditionally.
The expression can be a JavaScript identifier(property)
The expression can be a JavaScript dot notation that accesses a property from an object (user.fullName)
You can't use ternary operator inside the expression
To compute the value of the expression, use a getter in the JavaScript class.

Now I assume you guys are aware of how to create a component in vs code. For conditional rendering will build three demos

if:true demo
if:false demo
toogle demo
conditional rendering on change demo

Example of `if:true` condition

First, create a component called templateTrueDemo
Add the following code to the templateTrueDemo.js, templateTrueDemo.html and templateTrueDemo.js-meta.xml

templateTrueDemo.js

import { LightningElement, track } from "lwc";
export default class TemplateTrueDemo extends LightningElement {
  //if:true demo logic
  @track showText = false;
  showHandler() {
    this.showText = true;
  }
}

templateTrueDemo.html

<template>
  <!-- card for if:true demo -->
  <lightning-card title="if:true demo" icon-name="custom:custom17">
    <ul class="slds-m-around_medium">
      <button class="slds-button slds-button_success" onclick={showHandler}>
        Click me to show the text
      </button>
      <template if:true={showText}>
        <h3>Hurray!! You able to see the hidden text</h3>
      </template>
    </ul>
  </lightning-card>
</template>

templateTrueDemo.js-meta.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <LightningComponentBundle xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata" fqn="templateTrueDemo">
        <apiVersion>46.0</apiVersion>
        <isExposed>true</isExposed>
        <targets>
            <target>lightning__AppPage</target>
            <target>lightning__RecordPage</target>
            <target>lightning__HomePage</target>
          </targets>
</LightningComponentBundle>

if:true demo explanation

if:true directive shows the DOM(Document object model) only if the condition/expression is true.
As shown in the above example, the text will only be visible if showText property will become true
We are using showHandler method to change the showText property to true
showHandler will gets triggered on click of a button

if:true demo Output

After placing the component on the page, you will see the following output.

fig: if:true demo output

Example of `if:false` condition

First create a component called templateFalseDemo
Add the following code to the templateFalseDemo.js, templateFalseDemo.html and templateFalseDemo.js-meta.xml

templateFalseDemo.js

import { LightningElement, track } from "lwc";
export default class TemplateFalseDemo extends LightningElement {
  //if:false demo logic
  @track hideText = false;
  hideHandler() {
    this.hideText = true;
  }
}

templateFalseDemo.html

<template>
  <lightning-card title="if:false demo" icon-name="custom:custom16">
    <ul class="slds-m-around_medium">
      <button
        class="slds-button slds-button_destructive"
        onclick={hideHandler}
      >
        Click me to hide the text
      </button>
      <template if:false={hideText}>
        <h3>Thanks for seeing me!!</h3>
      </template>
    </ul>
  </lightning-card>
</template>

templateFalseDemo.js-meta.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <LightningComponentBundle xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata" fqn="templateFalseDemo">
        <apiVersion>46.0</apiVersion>
        <isExposed>true</isExposed>
        <targets>
            <target>lightning__AppPage</target>
            <target>lightning__RecordPage</target>
            <target>lightning__HomePage</target>
          </targets>
</LightningComponentBundle>

if:false demo explanation

if:false directive is just opposite of the if:true
if:false directive hides the DOM(Document object model) only if the condition/expression is true.
As shown in above example, text will only be hidden if hideText property will become true
We are using hideHandler method to change the hideText property to true
hideHandler will gets triggered on click of button

if:false demo Output

After placing the component on the page, you will see the following output.

fig: if:false demo output

Example of toggle condition

First create a component called templateToggleDemo
Once templateToggleDemo component gets created add templateToggleDemo.css file to the folder
Add the following code to the templateToggleDemo.js, templateToggleDemo.html and templateToggleDemo.js-meta.xml

templateToggleDemo.js

import { LightningElement, track } from "lwc";
export default class TemplateToggleDemo extends LightningElement {
  @track toggleText = true;
  toggleHandler() {
    this.toggleText = !this.toggleText;
  }
}

templateToggleDemo.html

<lightning-card title="toggle demo" icon-name="custom:custom16">
  <ul class="slds-m-around_medium">
    <button class="slds-button slds-button_brand" onclick={toggleHandler}>
      Click me to toggle the text
    </button>
    <template if:false={toggleText}>
      <h3>let's play hide and seek!!</h3>
    </template>
  </ul>
</lightning-card>

templateToggleDemo.js-meta.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <LightningComponentBundle xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata" fqn="templateToggleDemo">
        <apiVersion>46.0</apiVersion>
        <isExposed>true</isExposed>
        <targets>
            <target>lightning__AppPage</target>
            <target>lightning__RecordPage</target>
            <target>lightning__HomePage</target>
          </targets>
</LightningComponentBundle>

toggle demo explanation

Toggle means flip-flop, we will hide and show the text on click of the same action
As shown in the above example, the text will only be hidden if hideText property will become true
We are using if:false condition and binding the toggleText which is initialized to true. It means that load data will be visible.
We have bind the toggleHandler method to the button
on click of a button, we are toggling the value of toggleText. Initially, it was true on the first click it becomes false on the second click again it becomer true and so.

toggle demo Output

After placing the component on the page, you will see the following output.

fig: toggle demo output

Example of on change condition

First create a component called templateOnChangeDemo
Add the following code to the templateOnChangeDemo.js, templateOnChangeDemo.html and templateOnChangeDemo.js-meta.xml

templateOnChangeDemo.js

import { LightningElement, track } from "lwc";
export default class TemplateOnChangeDemo extends LightningElement {
  // condtional hide and show demo
  @track inputText = null;
  changeHandler(event) {
    this.inputText = event.target.value;
  }
  get checkText() {
    return this.inputText === "Hello";
  }
}

templateOnChangeDemo.html

<template>
  <lightning-card
    title="Condition based Hide/show. Type 'Hello' in textbox."
    icon-name="custom:custom16"
  >
    <ul class="slds-m-around_medium">
      <lightning-input
        type="text"
        name="title"
        label="Enter your Name:"
        onkeyup={changeHandler}
        value={inputText}
      ></lightning-input>
      <template if:true={checkText}>
        <h3>Hello salesforce</h3>
      </template>
    </ul>
  </lightning-card>
</template>

templateOnChangeDemo.js-meta.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <LightningComponentBundle xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata" fqn="templateOnChangeDemo">
        <apiVersion>46.0</apiVersion>
        <isExposed>true</isExposed>
        <targets>
            <target>lightning__AppPage</target>
            <target>lightning__RecordPage</target>
            <target>lightning__HomePage</target>
          </targets>
</LightningComponentBundle>

on change demo explanation

There are many scenario in which we have to hide or show HTML based on some calculation
To compute a value for the property, we have to use a JavaScript getter.
In above example, text will be visible if you type the Hello word in the textbox.

on change demo Output

After placing the component on the page, you will see the following output.

fig: on change demo output

Conditional rendering

What is Directive?

How to render LWC template conditionally?

Syntax

Example of if:true condition

if:true demo explanation

if:true demo Output

Example of if:false condition

if:false demo explanation

if:false demo Output

Example of toggle condition

toggle demo explanation

toggle demo Output

Example of on change condition

on change demo explanation

on change demo Output

Example of `if:true` condition

Example of `if:false` condition