Custom template - help needed using the element->containerClass - no dataempty class

[maverickweb]

Hi all, appreciate any advice or pointers on this one.

I have a custom template that displays certain fields like this:

        <div class="gallery example">
            <?php  $subGroups = $this->groups['Remake_remake_gallery']->subgroups;
                    foreach ($subGroups as $subGroup)
                    {
                      $this->element = $subGroup['filename'];
                      echo $this->loadTemplate('element');
                   
                    $this->element = $subGroup['caption'];
                      echo $this->loadTemplate('element');
                      }?>
        </div>

Basically what I'm trying to achieve is to hide the whole Div if the inner content is empty. So if no data to show then i would like to hide this area on the front-end via css.

I know it's possible to do this using the following:

<div <?php echo @$this->element->column;?> class="<?php echo $this->element->containerClass;?>">

But when I add that code to the above "gallery example" div it does not make a difference on the front-end.

specifically i'm looking to insert the data-empty tag in the div's class, but because this is a level above the fabrik code it appears its unable to work.

Is there a way to specifically call the exact element within the containerClass?

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

 

[maverickweb]

Any advice or pointers on this issue would be greatly appreciated