Readability of thymeleaf

I'm used to writing templates like this:


    ${name}

This seems much more readable for me, in that I can see the variables outside of the tags themselves. Currently in thymeleaf, I would need to do:

Or:


    ${name} // this text will be replaced and doesn't matter

Is there a way to enter in the variable like I have at the top?

The point of Thymeleaf is that templates are valid and renderable HTML, this allows for easier 1) styling, 2) validation, 3) formatting. Personally I think that Thymelead is far more readable than mixing multiple different languages. Now - the catch - the "I think" means that this is opinion based, so again off topic.
– Boris the Spider
Jul 2 at 21:10

P.S. worth reading
– Boris the Spider
Jul 2 at 21:13

If you want it that way go with JSP and the Standard Tag Library.At the moment you are ordering beef that should taste like fish.
– Flocke
Jul 3 at 6:45

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Sure, you can use expression inlining for this.


    [[${name}]]

In the documentation I linked, it does have a discussion of using expression inlining vs natural templating. I personally prefer natural templating in most cases.

Eugh - that's heinous. Seems like the very definition of "worst of both worlds". This is meant for very rare situations where the standard syntax doesn't suffice - it's absolutely not meant to be an alternative syntax.
– Boris the Spider
Jul 2 at 21:14

If you are using the latest thymeleaf -- 3.0 at the time of this, it does it automatically. If you are using 2.0, you probably have to put th:inline="text" in your tag.... which is even uglier.
– Metroids
Jul 2 at 21:17

th:inline="text"

@David542 if this makes you happy please just use Freemarker. Don't abuse Thymeleaf this way - it'll make people cry.
– Boris the Spider
Jul 2 at 21:17

@David542 you would put some text in the div, that's the whole point! You create a page that looks like it should when viewed without rendering. John Smith for example.
– Boris the Spider
Jul 2 at 21:23

div

John Smith

@David542 -- if you want to go completely the thymeleaf way, it should look like this: David542. That way when you open it in the browser (without a server), it looks like it's working (e.g. it looks like ${name} is replaced with David542). And when you run it through a server where the thymeleaf is interpreted, David542 is actually replaced with ${name}. However, in practice I always write

just because it's more succinct.
– Metroids
Jul 2 at 21:26

David542

${name}

<div th:text="${name}" />

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