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12162	cycle should have an option to call value without actually cycling	kace7@…	nobody	"Hear me out. :)  My use case is this: I have a large table, I have already ordered the objects that will make up each row according to a certain key attribute. What I would like to do is use the 'cycle' tag together with the 'ifchanged' tag to change the bg-color of the rows only when this key attribute has changed. E.g.:
{{{
(blue) New Mexico John ...
(blue) New Mexico Jill ...
(blue) New Mexico Jeff ...
(green) Texas Jack ...
(green) Texas Jane ...
(blue) Arizona James ...
...
}}}
But, it just can't be done (in the template) as things stand. Every access of the 'cycle' tag (whether named or not) gives the next value in the cycle. I propose an alternate tag that picks up the cycle variable without changing it from its last appearance. Then code like this ought to be able to accomplish the task:
{{{
{% ifchanged state %}
  <tr style=""background:{% cycle 'blue' 'green' as rowbg %};"">
{% else %}
  <tr style=""background:{% dontcycle rowbg %};"">
{% endifchanged %}
}}}
I really believe this is a legitimate presentation task. Thanks for your consideration.     K.C.S.
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