---
name: "HTMLnesting.pretendEmpty"
section: "3kaya"
platform: "linux"
package: "kaya"
version: "0.4.4-6.2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/HTMLnesting.pretendEmpty"
---

# HTMLnesting.pretendEmpty(3kaya)

Do special nesting rules apply?

## NAME

HTMLnesting::pretendEmpty - Do special nesting rules apply?

## SYNOPSIS

**Bool pretendEmpty(** *String el* **)**

## ARGUMENTS

**el** The name of the element

## DESCRIPTION

Returns true if children of this element have special rules, false otherwise. This is used for elements like **ul**  which are not empty but may only have a very small set of elements added to them, for which special functions exist to do so.

## AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

## LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.