# AUR0708

### **Error message**

Template compilation error: the custom element "{{0}}" does not have any content other than local template(s).

### **Parameters**

1. `elementName`: The name of the custom element being compiled.

### Error explanation

This error occurs during template compilation when the main template of a custom element consists *only* of one or more local element definitions (`<template as-custom-element="...">`). A custom element's template must contain some actual content or structure besides just defining local elements.

Local elements are defined within a parent component's template, but the parent component itself must still have its own primary template content.

### Common causes

* Creating a custom element template that only contains `<template as-custom-element="...">` tags.

### How to fix

* Add some actual content (HTML elements, text, bindings, etc.) to the main `<template>` of the custom element, alongside any local element definitions.
* If the intention was simply to group reusable templates, consider defining them as separate components instead of local elements within an otherwise empty parent.

### Example of Incorrect Usage:

```html
<!-- my-container.html -->
<template>
  <!-- Error: Only local element definitions, no other content -->
  <template as-custom-element="local-one">
    <div>Local One</div>
  </template>
  <template as-custom-element="local-two">
    <span>Local Two</span>
  </template>
</template>
```

### Example of Correct Usage:

```html
<!-- my-container.html -->
<template>
  <!-- Add some primary content for the container -->
  <h1>My Container</h1>
  <local-one></local-one>
  <hr>
  <local-two></local-two>

  <!-- Local element definitions are fine alongside other content -->
  <template as-custom-element="local-one">
    <div>Local One</div>
  </template>
  <template as-custom-element="local-two">
    <span>Local Two</span>
  </template>
</template>
```


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