NO BUG: {query_results_count:query_ID} not working with custom IDs?

[bence]

Browser: Chrome 128
OS: macOS
Bricks: 1.12.4

Hi,

I want to query a specific post category, and show a section only if the respective query count is greater than 0. Now, when I change the ID of the element with the query loop, and use it like {query_results_count:customid} it returns with 0, but if I remove the custom ID, and use the last 6 characters of the bricks ID, then it returns with 2.

I checked the documentation (Dynamic Data – Bricks Academy), but didn’t see anything about custom IDs. Is there a way to use custom IDs and I just messed it up somehow, or would {query_results_count:ID} only work with the default given ID?

Ben

[timmse]

Hi Ben,
Thanks so much for your report!

The description in the Academy may be somewhat misleading. There are basically two types of “Element IDs” in Bricks:

1. The CSS ID: #brxe-jyngwp
2. The Bricks ID: jyngwp

As you can see, they are almost identical, with the difference that #brxe- is missing from the Bricks ID.

If you set a custom ID or rename the default ID, the Bricks ID remains, so we can uniquely identify the element.

The crucial point: the Bricks ID is used for {query_results_count:BricksID} - not the CSS ID.

Best regards,
timmse