From 0f3b2b4a9240eff87b3be34c25e63df354479754 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kuberdenis <40846846+kubeden@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 20:11:42 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Let templates have plaintext as contents (fixes 2702) (#2708)

let templates have plaintext as contents (fixes 2702)
---
 src/htmx.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/htmx.js b/src/htmx.js
index 401e1585..eaec845d 100644
--- a/src/htmx.js
+++ b/src/htmx.js
@@ -1854,7 +1854,7 @@ var htmx = (function() {
       findAndSwapOobElements(fragment, settleInfo)
       forEach(findAll(fragment, 'template'), /** @param {HTMLTemplateElement} template */function(template) {
         findAndSwapOobElements(template.content, settleInfo)
-        if (template.content.childElementCount === 0) {
+        if (template.content.childElementCount === 0 && template.content.textContent.trim() === '') {
         // Avoid polluting the DOM with empty templates that were only used to encapsulate oob swap
           template.remove()
         }