'Thymeleaf - output variable without a tag

I use Thymeleaf as a templating engine and I usually output variable value like this:

in Java I set:

ctx.setVariable("tester", "hello");

and in html template I output:

<span th:text="${tester}"></span>

This works great, but I would like to output a variable without the need of a tag. Something following would be great:

${tester}

Unfortunately it does not work. My goal is to avoid unnecessary tag to output the variable value. Is this possible to do with Thymeleaf?

java thymeleaf

Solution 1:^[1]

Thymeleaf triggers on the "th:" tag and as far as I know thats the only way. The behaviour you describe works with JSF.

Best regards

Ben

I also managed to figure out some workaround:

<span th:text="${tester}" th:remove="tag"></span>

th:remove removes span tag, but preserves content.

Use Thymeleaf expression inlining (docs) using either [[...]] or [(...)]. With expression inlining, you do not need to use synthetic tags.

Example:

<body>
The value of tester is [[${tester}]].
</body>

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