Lightning Aura Components Developer Guide

What Is the Lightning Component Framework?
Quick Start
Creating Components
Component Names
Create Aura Components in the Developer Console
Create Aura Components Using Salesforce CLI
Component Markup
Component Namespace
Component Bundles
Component IDs
HTML in Components
CSS in Components
Component Attributes
Using Expressions
Dynamic Output in Expressions
Conditional Expressions
Data Binding Between Components
Value Providers
Expression Evaluation
Expression Operators Reference
Expression Functions Reference
Component Composition
Component Body
Component Facets
Controlling Access
Using Object-Oriented Development
Best Practices for Conditional Markup
Aura Component Versioning for Managed Packages
Base Components with Minimum API Version Requirements
Validations for Aura Component Code
Using Labels
Localization
Working with Base Lightning Components
Supporting Accessibility
Writing Documentation for the Component Library
Using Components
Communicating with Events
Communicating Across the DOM with Lightning Message Service
Creating Apps
Styling Apps
Developing Secure Code
Using JavaScript
Working with Salesforce Data
Testing Components with Lightning Testing Service
Debugging
Performance
Reference
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Conditional Expressions

Here are examples of conditional expressions using the ternary operator and the <aura:if> tag.

Ternary Operator

This expression uses the ternary operator to conditionally output one of two values dependent on a condition.

1<a class="{!v.location == '/active' ? 'selected' : ''}" href="#/active">Active</a>

The {!v.location == '/active' ? 'selected' : ''} expression conditionally sets the class attribute of an HTML <a> tag, by checking whether the location attribute is set to /active. If true, the expression sets class to selected.

Using <aura:if> for Conditional Markup

This snippet of markup uses the <aura:if> tag to conditionally display an edit button.

1<aura:attribute name="edit" type="Boolean" default="true"/>
2<aura:if isTrue="{!v.edit}">
3    <lightning:button label="Edit"/>
4    <aura:set attribute="else">
5        You can’t edit this.
6    </aura:set>
7</aura:if>

If the edit attribute is set to true, lightning:button displays. Otherwise, the text in the else attribute displays.