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A special element that can hold structural directives without adding new elements to the DOM.
The `<ng-container>` allows us to use structural directives without any extra element, making sure that the only DOM changes being applied are those dictated by the directives themselves.
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The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
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This not only increases performance \(even so slightly\) since the browser ends up rendering less elements but can also be a valuable asset in having cleaner DOMs and styles alike.
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docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
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It can for example enable us to use structural directives without breaking styling dependent on a precise DOM structure \(as for example the ones we get when using flex containers, margins, the child combinator selector, etc.\).
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@usageNotes
### With `*NgIf`s
One common use case of `<ng-container>` is alongside the `*ngIf` structural directive. By using the special element we can produce very clean templates easy to understand and work with.
For example, we may want to have a number of elements shown conditionally but they do not need to be all under the same root element. That can be easily done by wrapping them in such a block:
docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
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< code-example format = "html" language = "html" >
< ng-container *ngIf="condition">
…
< /ng-container>
< / code-example >
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This can also be augmented with an `else` statement alongside an `<ng-template>` as:
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docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
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< code-example format = "html" language = "html" >
< ng-container *ngIf="condition; else templateA">
…
< /ng-container>
< ng-template #templateA >
…
< /ng-template>
< / code-example >
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### Combination of multiple structural directives
docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
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Multiple structural directives cannot be used on the same element; if you need to take advantage of more than one structural directive, it is advised to use an `<ng-container>` per structural directive.
The most common scenario is with `*ngIf` and `*ngFor` . For example, let's imagine that we have a list of items but each item needs to be displayed only if a certain condition is true. We could be tempted to try something like:
docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
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< code-example format = "html" language = "html" >
< ul>
< li *ngFor="let item of items" *ngIf="item.isValid">
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{{ item.name }}
docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
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< /li>
< /ul>
< / code-example >
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As we said that would not work, what we can do is to simply move one of the structural directives to an `<ng-container>` element, which would then wrap the other one, like so:
docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
PR Close #45325
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< code-example format = "html" language = "html" >
< ul>
< ng-container *ngFor="let item of items">
< li *ngIf="item.isValid">
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{{ item.name }}
docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
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< /li>
< /ng-container>
< /ul>
< / code-example >
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This would work as intended without introducing any new unnecessary elements in the DOM.
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For more information see [one structural directive per element ](guide/structural-directives#one-per-element ).
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### Use alongside ngTemplateOutlet
The `NgTemplateOutlet` directive can be applied to any element but most of the time it's applied to `<ng-container>` ones. By combining the two, we get a very clear and easy to follow HTML and DOM structure in which no extra elements are necessary and template views are instantiated where requested.
For example, imagine a situation in which we have a large HTML, in which a small portion needs to be repeated in different places. A simple solution is to define an `<ng-template>` containing our repeating HTML and render that where necessary by using `<ng-container>` alongside an `NgTemplateOutlet` .
Like so:
docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
PR Close #45325
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< code-example format = "html" language = "html" >
< !-- … -->
< ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="tmpl; context: {$ implicit: 'Hello'}">
< /ng-container>
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docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
PR Close #45325
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< !-- … -->
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docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
PR Close #45325
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< ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="tmpl; context: {$ implicit: 'World'}">
< /ng-container>
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docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
PR Close #45325
2022-03-10 16:48:09 +00:00
< !-- … -->
2022-01-19 20:46:01 +00:00
docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
PR Close #45325
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< ng-template #tmpl let-text>
< h1> {{ text }}< /h1>
< /ng-template>
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docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
PR Close #45325
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< / code-example >
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docs: improve markdown (#45325)
The purpose of the changes is to clean all markdown to match a single pedantic style.
* To ensure all changes in style are properly separated.
* To ensure all styled content aligns to nearest 4-character-tab.
* To ensure all code blocks use the Angular `<code-example>` or `<code-tab>` elements.
* To ensure all markdown exists outside of html tags.
* To ensure all images use the Angular style for `<img>` elements.
* To ensure that all smart punctuation is replaced or removed.
```text
’, ’, “, ”, –, —, …
```
* To ensure all content does not conflict with the following reserved characters.
```text
@, $, *, &, #, |, <, >,
```
* To ensure all content displays using html entities.
The following changes were made to files in the following directory.
```text
aio/content
```
The target files were markdown files.
The list of excluded files:
```text
.browserslistrc, .css, .conf, .editorconfig, .gitignore, .html, .js, .json, .sh, .svg, .ts, .txt, .xlf,
```
PR Close #45325
2022-03-10 16:48:09 +00:00
For more information regarding `NgTemplateOutlet` , see the [`NgTemplateOutlet`s api documentation page ](api/common/NgTemplateOutlet ).
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