Widgets

Check to see if a widget area has any widgets

If you want to check that a WidgetArea actually has widgets, and only display it if it has, you can add this function to your Page_Controller (where widgetBarID is the name of your widgetArea + ID):
function HasWidgets() { return DataObject::get("Widget", "ParentID = $this->WidgetbarID"); }

Then in your template file, MyPage.ss you can use HasWidgets to check whether the WidgetArea should be rendered:
<%if HasWidgets %> <div id="Widgetbar"> $Widgetbar </div> <% end_if %>

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