This is half bug report and half question asking if there is another way to achieve the same thing. In my XML template we have a lot of direct array element access by index, for example: {{this.0.id}} {{this.0.Name}} {{this.0.Description}} Handlebars has the {{#with}} helper states ( from the docs )…

Hi @steveklett , In the "with" statement, you don't set the index on the array object at first. Essentially, #with saves you from typing out the array object name for each element in the array you want to return. Using your example from above, please change it to the following: {{#with this}} {{0.id…

Hi Courtney, Nice to hear from you and thanks for the reply. I can confirm that your example compiles and works. It doesn't quite achieve what I was after so I tried to nest two {{#with}} statements to get into the context of the array element like so: {{#with this}} {{#with 0}} {{id}} …

Hi @steveklett , Thank you so much for letting us know of this solution you found! We will definitely get this documented as soon as we can. We really appreciate you sharing this!

Handlebars {{#with}} helper doesn't work for array elements, does it?

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courtneyjordan (Courtney Jordan) January 13, 2021, 3:00pm 2

Hi @steveklett,

Thanks for letting us know about this need and what you encountered. I'm checking with our experts on this and will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Handlebars {{#with}} helper doesn't work for array elements, does it?

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