JinjaX

Extra Arguments

If you pass arguments not declared in a component, those are not discarded, but rather collected in a attrs object that can render these extra arguments calling attrs.render()

For example, this component:

components/Card.jinja
{#def title #}

<div {{ attrs.render() }}>
  <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
  {{ content }}
</div>

Called as:

<Card title="Products" class="mb-10" open>
bla
</Card>

Will be rendered as:

<div class="mb-10" open>
  <h1>Products</h1>
  bla
</div>

You can add or remove arguments before rendering them using the other methods of the attrs object. For example:

{#def title #}

{% do attrs.set(id="mycard") -%}

<div {{ attrs.render() }}>
  <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
  {{ content }}
</div>

Or directly in the attrs.render() call:

{#def title #}

<div {{ attrs.render(id="mycard") }}>
  <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
  {{ content }}
</div>

attrs methods

.render(name=value, ...)

Renders the current attributes and properties as a string. Any attributes/properties you pass to this method, will be used to call attrs.set(**kwargs) before rendering.

  • Pass a name and a value to set an attribute (e.g. type="text")
  • Use True as value to set a property (e.g. disabled)
  • Use False to remove an attribute or property

The underscores in the names will be translated automatically to dashes, so aria_selected becomes the attribute aria-selected.

The current attribute/property are overwritten except if is "class" or "classes". In those cases, the new classes are appended to the old ones instead of replacing them.

To provide consistent output, the attributes and properties are sorted by name and rendered like this: <sorted attributes> + <sorted properties>.

<button {{ attrs.render() }}>
  {{ content }}
</button>

Using <Component {{ attrs.render() }}> to pass the extra arguments to other components WILL NOT WORK. That is because the components are translated to macros before the page render.

You must pass them as the special argument __attrs.

{#--- WRONG 😵 ---#}
<MyButton {{ attrs.render() }} />

{#--- GOOD 👍 ---#}
<MyButton __attrs={attrs} />

.set(name=value, ...)

Sets an attribute or property:

  • Pass a name and a value to set an attribute (e.g. type="text")
  • Use True as value to set a property (e.g. disabled)
  • Use False to remove an attribute or property

The underscores in the names will be translated automatically to dashes, so aria_selected becomes the attribute aria-selected.

The current attribute/property are overwritten except if is "class" or "classes". In those cases, the new classes are appended to the old ones instead of replacing them.

Adding attributes/properties

{% do attrs.set(
  id="loremipsum",
  disabled=True,
  data_test="foobar",
  class="m-2 p-4",
) %}

Removing attributes/properties

{% do attrs.set(
  title=False,
  disabled=False,
  data_test=False,
  class=False,
) %}

.setdefault(name=value, ...)

Adds an attribute or sets a property, but only if it's not already present. Doesn't work eith properties.

The underscores in the names will be translated automatically to dashes, so aria_selected becomes the attribute aria-selected.

{% do attrs.setdefault(
    aria_label="Products"
) %}

.remove_class(name1, name2, ...)

Removes one or more classes from the list of classes.

{% do attrs.remove_class("hidden") %}
{% do attrs.remove_class("active", "animated") %}

.get(name, default=None)

Returns the value of the attribute or property, or the default value if it doesn't exists.

{%- set role = attrs.get("role", "tab")