app/assets/javascripts/luca/concerns/dom_helpers.coffee in luca-0.9.8 vs app/assets/javascripts/luca/concerns/dom_helpers.coffee in luca-0.9.9

@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@
       @$el.html( Luca.template(template,variables) )
     catch e
       console.log "Error in $template: #{ template } #{ @identifier?() ? @name || @cid }"
 
   $html: (content)->
-    @$el.html( content )
+    if content? then @$el.html(content) else @$el.html()
 
   $append: (content)->
-    @$el.append( content )
+    @$el.append(content)
 
   $attach: ()->
     @$container().append( @el )
 
   $bodyEl: ()->
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