Only show slot if it has content, when slot has no name? - vue.js

Question

As answered here, we can check if a slot has content or not. But I am using a slot which has no name:
<template>
<div id="map" v-if="!isValueNull">
<div id="map-key">{{ name }}</div>
<div id="map-value">
<slot></slot>
</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
props: {
name: {type: String, default: null}
},
computed: {
isValueNull() {
console.log(this.$slots)
return false;
}
}
}
</script>
I am using like this:
<my-map name="someName">{{someValue}}</my-map>
How can I not show the component when it has no value?

Answer 1

All slots have a name. If you don't give it a name explicitly then it'll be called default.
So you can check for $slots.default.
A word of caution though. $slots is not reactive, so when it changes it won't invalidate any computed properties that use it. However, it will trigger a re-rendering of the component, so if you use it directly in the template or via a method it should work fine.
Here's an example to illustrate that the caching of computed properties is not invalidated when the slot's contents change.
const child = {
template: `
<div>
<div>computedHasSlotContent: {{ computedHasSlotContent }}</div>
<div>methodHasSlotContent: {{ methodHasSlotContent() }}</div>
<slot></slot>
</div>
`,
computed: {
computedHasSlotContent () {
return !!this.$slots.default
}
},
methods: {
methodHasSlotContent () {
return !!this.$slots.default
}
}
}
new Vue({
components: {
child
},
el: '#app',
data () {
return {
show: true
}
}
})
<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue#2.6.10/dist/vue.js"></script>
<div id="app">
<button #click="show = !show">Toggle</button>
<child>
<p v-if="show">Child text</p>
</child>
</div>

Answer 2

Why you dont pass that value as prop to map component.
<my-map :someValue="someValue" name="someName">{{someValue}}</my-map>
and in my-map add prop:
props: {
someValue:{default: null},
},
So now you just check if someValue is null:
<div id="map" v-if="!someValue">
...
</div