[Resolved] How can I get the views "loop" to skip if the template returns nothing

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[PaulS4783]

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I have a Custom Type "Vehicles" and a Custom Field "Sold" (checkbox).
If the "Sold" checkbox is true (eq "1") then the Views Loop Item returns nothing, based on ToolSet Conditional logic.

I have a Loop configured to return a table of 3 columns.
The problem is that the Loop doesn't skip entirely.
I get a blank space in the table when the vehicle is "Sold".
Apparently the loop still returns a blank <td></td>

How can I address this?
Is it possible to wrap part of the Loop editor in conditional tags?

This is the View Loop:

[wpv-layout-start]
	[wpv-items-found]
	<!-- wpv-loop-start -->
	<table width="100%" class="stock-page wpv-loop js-wpv-loop">
	<wpv-loop wrap="3" pad="true">
		[wpv-item index=1]
		<tr>
			<td>
				[wpv-post-body view_template="loop-item-in-all-vehicles"]
			</td>
		[wpv-item index=other]
			<td>
				[wpv-post-body view_template="loop-item-in-all-vehicles"]
			</td>
		[wpv-item index=3]
			<td>
				[wpv-post-body view_template="loop-item-in-all-vehicles"]
			</td>
		</tr>
		[wpv-item index=pad]
			<td></td>
		[wpv-item index=pad-last]
			<td></td>
		</tr>
	</wpv-loop>
	</table>
	<!-- wpv-loop-end -->
	[/wpv-items-found]
	[wpv-no-items-found]
		<strong>[wpml-string context="wpv-views"]No items found[/wpml-string]</strong>
	[/wpv-no-items-found]
[wpv-layout-end]

TBH I don't understand what these mean:
[wpv-item index=pad]
[wpv-item index=pad-last]
The documentation says:
index=pad will be executed if there are no records left to output, but the number of records is not a multiple of the loop wrap value.
index=pad-last will be executed for the last item in the loop if are no records left to output, but the number of records is not a multiple of the loop wrap value.
I don't understand "multiple of the loop wrap value".

And this is the Loop Item template:

[wpv-conditional if="( $(wpcf-sold) ne '1' )"]
<h4 id="stock-page"><i class="fas fa-tag"></i>  [format-currency num='[types field='price' output="raw" format='FIELD_VALUE'][/types]'] JPY</h4>
<p><a href="[wpv-post-url]">[wpv-post-featured-image size="large" class="centered-and-cropped"]</a></p>
<h5>[types field="make"][/types] [types field="model"][/types]</h5>
<h5>([types field="year-of-manufacture"][/types])</span><h5>
<h5><i class="fas fa-road"></i>  [format-currency num='[types field='mileage-km' format='FIELD_VALUE'][/types]'] KM</h5>
<p><a class="more" href="[wpv-post-url]"><button>[wpml-string context='ToolSet']More Information ... [/wpml-string]</button></a></p>
[/wpv-conditional] 

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

First of all - After checking to debug the information you shared with us, I found that you are using outdated Toolset plugins. We always recommend running your site with the latest stable release plugin version.

*** Please make a FULL BACKUP of your database and website.***
Could you please update ALL Toolset plugins to it's latest officially released version. You can download the latest plugin release from your accounts page:
=> https://toolset.com/account/downloads/

Regarding your original query: I don't understand "multiple of the loop wrap value".
So, lets say, you have If you have created a 4 column grid (that means it will display 4 columns/records in one row) and you have total 9 records to display.
- so, first row will display the 4 records
- Second row will display the 4 records
- on the third row, the final row, the last result (9th item) is in the first column, and on columns 2, 3, and 4 are empty as we do not have any records to dispaly, as we have a total of 9 records.
-- So, on last row (the thrid row) index=pad would output for columns 2 and 3 and index=pad-last would output for column 4 (the last column)

Here is the Doc where [wpv-item] shortcode is explained with its index attribute values:
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views/digging-into-view-outputs/#loop-shortcode-wpv-item-and-the-index-parameter
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views/view-layouts-101/

More info:
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views/views-shortcodes/#wpv-item

[PaulS4783]

Thats a good explanation about
[wpv-item index=pad]
[wpv-item index=pad-last]

BUT it does absolutely nothing to help me solve the main issue of this ticket.

Please go back and read it again.

[Minesh]

Ok - so lets talk on your original issue.

As I understand, you want to display only items that are NOT sold, correct? If yes:
Can I check your setup? for that you need to share access details.

*** Please make a FULL BACKUP of your database and website.***
I would also eventually need to request temporary access (WP-Admin and FTP) to your site. Preferably to a test site where the problem has been replicated if possible in order to be of better help and check if some configurations might need to be changed.

I have set the next reply to private which means only you and I have access to it.

[PaulS4783]

You can close this ticket.

The solution was a simple one.

Just put:

'Custom field string equals "1" ' /* vehicle sold*/
OR
'Custom field string does not equal "1" ' /*vehicle not sold*/

into the query parameters at the top of the View page.

No need to use conditional logic in this case.