mvt:else is not displaying

[lesliekirk]

What am I doing wrong here? If there is an Alternate Category Name is displays but if there isn't the Category Name is supposed to display, but it doesn't.

<mvt:if expr="l.settings:customfield_names:customfields:altcatname">
<section class="o-layout u-hidden u-flex--l">
<div class="o-layout__item">
<div class="x-hero" title="&mvte:category:name;">
<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Category_Code( g.Category_Code, 'altcatname' )" />
<h1 class="c-heading-delta-cooper u-color-red t-page-title">&mvte:customfields;</h1>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<mvt:else>
<section class="o-layout u-hidden u-flex--l">
<div class="o-layout__item">
<div class="x-hero" title="&mvte:category:name;">
<h1 class="c-heading-delta-cooper t-page-title">&mvte:category:name;</h1>
</div>
</div>
</section>
</mvt:if>

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Reading the custom field needs to be outside the logic block

<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Category_Code( g.Category_Code, 'altcatname', l.settings:lkAltCatName )" />

<mvt:if expr="l.settings:lkAltCatName">
<section class="o-layout u-hidden u-flex--l">
<div class="o-layout__item">
<div class="x-hero" title="&mvte:category:name;">
<h1 class="c-heading-delta-cooper u-color-red t-page-title">&mvte:customfields;</h1>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<mvt:else>
<section class="o-layout u-hidden u-flex--l">
<div class="o-layout__item">
<div class="x-hero" title="&mvte:category:name;">
<h1 class="c-heading-delta-cooper t-page-title">&mvte:category:name;</h1>
</div>
</div>
</section>
</mvt:if>

[lesliekirk]

Thanks, Bruce, I was even able to fix the boo boo you made and now it works as needed

[ids]

Wouldn't the original code have fallen to the ELSE branch if the field was empty or NULL:

<mvt:if expr="l.settings:customfield_names:customfields:altcatname">

The way I see the code, Yes, grabbing the value before testing the condition is correct, but the original condition, theoretically, should have failed. Otherwise, it was always true somehow.

Scott

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Sorry, bad day to stop taking my ADHD meds...

I meant to also point out that "l.settings:customfield_names:customfields:xxx x is the NAME of the custom field which should be true regardless of whether the value for it was pulled into a variable.