Control Flow

Control flow in Sycamore can be achieved using the interpolation syntax. For example:

let visible = create_signal(cx, true);

view! { cx,
    div {
        (if *visible.get() {
            view! { cx, "Now you see me" }
        } else {
            view! { cx, } // Now you don't
        })
    }
}

Since the interpolated value subscribes to visible, the content inside the if else will be toggled when visible is changed.

The conditions for displaying content can also be more complex. For example, the following snippet will display the value of name when it is non-empty, other wise displaying "World".

Note the usage of create_selector here. The reason for this is to memoize the value of name.get().is_empty(). We don’t want the inner view! (inside the if block) to be recreated every time name is changed. Rather, we only want it to be created when name becomes non-empty.

let name = create_signal(cx, String::new());

view! { cx,
    h1 {
        (if *create_selector(cx, || !name.get().is_empty()).get() {
            view! { cx, span { (name.get()) } }
        } else {
            view! { cx, span { "World" } }
        })
    }
}