Add Expand macro to template?

[Liz Rollet]

I am creating a template with an expand macro (/expand) on the page.  In that expand macro, there is a table which has /variable added to it.  I want to end up with a table in the expand macro where the left side has a description and the right has a /variable for each row.

The template has been created and saved.  When I choose the template, I can access the variables not in the expand macro without an issue.  The expand macro is shown collapsed; when I click to expand it, the page stops being the editable template and turns into a "normal" page for editing.  I no longer see my variables and the table in the expand macro does not show any variables in it.

If I go to Templates and click on the template I just created, I do not see my expand macro in the view - it's skipped right over.  I can see everything else.

Is the expand macro not compatible with a template?  Can you not have /variable fields in an expand macro?  Is there any way around this?

Please let me know if you have any questions!
Thank you!

Liz

[Julie d_Antin _Elements_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Liz Rollet 

Just tried to reproduce what you described, and I think I ran into the same problem. Have you tried creating a version of the template without the expand? It seems to be some kind of display problem with the expand.

[Liz Rollet]

Hi Laura!

Yes, we did find that if we removed the expansion macro, the template worked fine.  That is the solution at this time.

I am sure this is an edge case and most people don't want to use the expand macro with a template so the workaround is fine for our use case.

Thank you for confirming that someone else is running into the same issue!

Liz

[J Fincher]

Edge case or not, I wish this worked.  It seems reasonable to me that it should work, and I find myself having to work around the fact that it doesn't work.