jquery.tmpl plugin's tmplItem not returning expected item

[jdart@…]

If you render a template using an each and then access the dom item (for example in a live/delegate event handler) tmplItem returns the parent data structure as opposed to the desired item in the array:

//returns
{
    items: [
        {num: 1}
    ]
} 
//instead of 
{
    num: 1
} 

See ​http://jsfiddle.net/cKA3s/2/ Ideally, items inside of {{each}} should be considered nested templates

[BorisMoore]

This is by design.

Under container2 there is only one rendered template instance. {{each}} does not create new nested template instances.

The feature you suggest is already available though, if you want it. Just replace {{each items}} by {{tmpl(items) "#tmpl3"}} with tmpl3 using the content you currently have within the {{each}} tag - <li>${ num }</li>.

{{tmpl}} is for template composition. {{each}} is for iteration within a template without creating sub-templates.

[jdart@…]

Thanks for the note on tmpl. Unfortunately, tmpl does not have access to $index in the same way {{each}} does, or at least not in my testing. Is there a way to access index or would this have to be a plugin to the templating system to create a hybrid of the two tags?

[BorisMoore]

There are a few ways you can work with index in nested templates. See ​https://github.com/jquery/jquery-tmpl/issues#issue/28 and ​http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/7137 on reasons why it is not exposed, and some suggested approaches. Also status on whether that feature may later be added to jquery-templates.