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noahanan
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March 29, 2021
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Should I use boolean to toggle off a space in email?

  • March 29, 2021
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I had this idea to use in the email builder. 

I was given a design where we have space between modules, and I built it into the module. The option to have a spacer module is ok but it's too time consuming, and for the most part, there will ALWAYS be a space. However, in a few rare cases they'd like to not have it. So I thought I'd do a boolean. It will be set to true as a default, but in the few cases they need to, they could control it and turn it off.

But I read that booleans in email are not advisable.

 

What do you think in this specific case thought?

Thanks

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SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
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March 29, 2021
But I read that booleans in email are not advisable.

Where'd you read that? A mktoBoolean just controls 2 string values. It's not inherently advisable nor inadvisable — depends on what you're outputting.

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    PeterRy2
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    April 5, 2021

    True. I think what the author means is in the scenario where one would use this to toggle on/off a part of the email, using it to control the "display" value with 'block' / 'hide'. This will not work well across different email clients, thus not have the desired outcome.

    SanfordWhiteman
    SanfordWhiteman
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    April 5, 2021
    Yep, but that's no less true if you have the same static style in the HTML.

    Booleans can be put to very good use in email templates and this kind of "... heard it was bad..." stuff spreads like wildfire!
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    PeterRy2
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    March 29, 2021

    In that case, I would use a local variable number (or string if you prefer) that represent the spacing (padding) in px. You can choose either top- or bottom-padding or both after your preference.

    I say local variable as you can use the same variable for all your modules if you set the scope (mktoModuleScope) to true.

     

    Edit: For the toggle / boolean, it depends on how you can implement it. But using "display" is not a good option as it will not work across all email clients. So to make sure you have a solution that works everywhere - and to increase the flexibility, I would go with the solution above.

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      noahananAuthor
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      March 29, 2021

      Maybe I could do a list? And it would be zero or 20? Would that work?

      The goal is to give as little freedom as possible.

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        PeterRy2
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        March 29, 2021

        In the case where you want to decrease the flexibility, I think a list could be a good option.

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