Mustache templates: How to output a block only once for non-empty lists

Question

If my list is empty, I want to output this:

If my list i

Answer 1

You could use non-false values of a section. name would have to be an object inside of items

data = { 'items' : { 'name' : ["Item 1", "Item 2", "etc"] } };

You template would look like:

    {{#items}}
    

        {{#name}}
        
{{.}}
        {{/name}}
    
    {{/items}}

Here's an example on jsFiddle showing the rendering of an items object with names and without -- http://jsfiddle.net/maxbeatty/fpQwk/