Question

I have a custom helper, as follows:

Handlebars.registerHelper('hasAccess', function(val, fnTrue, fnFalse) { 
    return val > 5 ? fnTrue() : fnFalse();
});

and my template, as follows:

{{#hasAccess this.access}}
    You have access!
{{else}}
    You do not have access
{{/hasAccess}}

It works, except fnFalse is undefined. So, how am I supposed to render the ‘else’ branch?

Answer 1

Handlebars provides custom helpers an object containing the different functions to apply, options.fn and options.inverse. See https://handlebarsjs.com/guide/block-helpers.html#conditionals

Your helper could be written as

Handlebars.registerHelper('hasAccess', function(val, options) {
    var fnTrue = options.fn, 
        fnFalse = options.inverse;

    return val > 5 ? fnTrue(this) : fnFalse(this);
});

And a demo

Handlebars.registerHelper('hasAccess', function(val, options) { 
    var fnTrue = options.fn, 
        fnFalse = options.inverse;
        
    return val > 5 ? fnTrue() : fnFalse();
});

var template = Handlebars.compile($('#tpl').html() );
$("body").append( "<h1>access : 1</h1>" );
$("body").append( template({access:1}) );

$("body").append( "<h1>access : 6</h1>" );
$("body").append( template({access:6}) );

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/handlebars.js/4.0.11/handlebars.min.js"></script>

<script type='text/template' id='tpl'>
{{#hasAccess this.access}}
    You have access!
{{else}}
    You do not have access
{{/hasAccess}}
</script>