@jqhtml/core 2.3.75 → 2.3.76

package/dist/jqhtml-core.esm.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * JQHTML Core v2.3.75
+ * JQHTML Core v2.3.76
  * (c) 2025 JQHTML Team
  * Released under the MIT License
  */
@@ -501,6 +501,32 @@ class Jqhtml_Markup {
         this.p = this.instructions.push.bind(this.instructions);
     }
 }
+/**
+ * Whether a buffer emits anything: an element, a component, or text that is not
+ * only HTML whitespace (space, tab, LF, FF, CR - a non-breaking space is content).
+ * A spliced buffer counts by what it emits itself, so a slot that only forwards
+ * an empty slot is empty too. A component counts even if it later renders
+ * nothing; that is not knowable without booting it.
+ *
+ * content() returns '' for a buffer without content: a caller cannot omit a
+ * <Slot:> tag conditionally, so writing it empty is how a caller says "nothing
+ * here", and it must test falsy like an absent slot.
+ */
+function markup_has_content(markup) {
+    for (const instruction of markup.instructions) {
+        if (instruction instanceof Jqhtml_Markup) {
+            if (markup_has_content(instruction))
+                return true;
+        }
+        else if (instruction !== null && typeof instruction === 'object') {
+            return true;
+        }
+        else if (/[^ \t\n\f\r]/.test(String(instruction))) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
 
 /**
  * JQHTML v2 Component Registry
@@ -1913,7 +1939,7 @@ function serialize_for_cache_key(value) {
 const class_registry = Object.create(null);
 // Markers for serialized class instances (unique to avoid collisions with user data)
 // Replaced at build time by rollup (see rollup.config.js).
-const CORE_VERSION = '2.3.75';
+const CORE_VERSION = '2.3.76';
 const CLASS_MARKER = '__jqhtml_class__';
 const PROPS_MARKER = '__jqhtml_props__';
 // How a serialized text is checked for anything the deserialize walk has to act
@@ -5399,6 +5425,9 @@ class Jqhtml_Component {
             // console.log('[Component] this.constructor.name:', this.constructor.name);
             // console.log('[Component] this.data:', this.data);
             // console.log('[Component] this.args:', this.args);
+            // What content() returns: the slot's buffer, or '' when it emits nothing (see
+            // markup_has_content), so a slot written empty tests falsy like an absent one
+            const content_or_empty = (markup) => markup instanceof Jqhtml_Markup && !markup_has_content(markup) ? '' : markup;
             // Create content function that handles both default content and named slots
             const createContentFunction = () => {
                 const defaultContentFn = this.args._innerhtml_function;
@@ -5408,7 +5437,7 @@ class Jqhtml_Component {
                     // If slot name provided and slots object exists, try to use named slot
                     if (slotName && slotsObj && slotsObj[slotName]) {
                         // Call the slot function - it returns its markup buffer
-                        return slotsObj[slotName](...slotArgs);
+                        return content_or_empty(slotsObj[slotName](...slotArgs));
                     }
                     // If slot name provided but not found, return empty
                     else if (slotName) {
@@ -5416,7 +5445,7 @@ class Jqhtml_Component {
                     }
                     // No slot name = default content
                     else if (defaultContentFn) {
-                        return defaultContentFn(this);
+                        return content_or_empty(defaultContentFn(this));
                     }
                     // No content at all
                     else {
@@ -5449,7 +5478,7 @@ class Jqhtml_Component {
                     if (childSlots[slotName] && typeof childSlots[slotName] === 'function') {
                         // Invoke the slot function with everything content() was given; its
                         // markup buffer is what the template expression handler splices
-                        return childSlots[slotName](...slotArgs);
+                        return content_or_empty(childSlots[slotName](...slotArgs));
                     }
                     // Slot not found, return empty
                     return '';
@@ -8929,7 +8958,7 @@ function init(jQuery, config) {
     }
 }
 // Version - will be replaced during build with actual version from package.json
-const version = '2.3.75';
+const version = '2.3.76';
 // Default export with all functionality
 const jqhtml = {
     // Core