Hi ! When the collection is empty, wouldn''t it be useful to instead render something else, part of the time ? I''ve hit this right now. If there are contacts, I should display them, but if there are none, I should instead display "No contacts found". What I propose is to add an :if_none parameter to ActionView#render() and ActionController#render() that would be valid only if :collection is also set. Either of the :partial or :if_none would be rendered. Also, should the parameter be named :if_none or :ifnone ? Bye ! François