# Repeater problem

**URL:** <https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/repeater-problem/73397>\
**Category:** Ask the community\
**Tags:** cms, wix-studio, wix, code\
**Created:** [September 7, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/repeater-problem/73397 "2025-09-07T00:36:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Ron\_Carran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/ron_carran/32/81993_2.png) [@Ron\_Carran](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/Ron_Carran)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/repeater-problem/73397/1 "2025-09-07T00:36:18Z")

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**I’m having trouble with an image in a repeater.**

**I have a repeater with 3 text items and one image item (image18). I want to collapse the image item if the value of the data for that image is undefined. My code seems to get to the correct place, but the image doesn’y collapse. Here’s the code.**

**if** (wixWindowFrontend.formFactor === “Mobile”) {

```
$w("#repeater1").onItemReady(($item, itemData, index) => {

```

**if** (itemData.image === **undefined** ) {

console.log(“COLLAPSE”);

$w(“#image18”).collapse();

} **else** {

console.log(“EXPAND”);

$w(“#image18”).expand();

}

});

}

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**Author:** ![onemoretime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/onemoretime/32/104023_2.png) [@onemoretime](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/onemoretime)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/repeater-problem/73397/2 "2025-09-07T00:54:27Z")

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Hi, @Ron_Carran !!

For now, please try it this way. 😇

```javascript
    if (!itemData.image) {
      console.log("COLLAPSE");
      $item("#image18").collapse();
    } else {
      console.log("EXPAND");
      $item("#image18").expand();
    }

```

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**Author:** ![Ron\_Carran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/ron_carran/32/81993_2.png) [@Ron\_Carran](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/Ron_Carran)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/repeater-problem/73397/3 "2025-09-07T15:53:06Z")

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Thanks so much, onemoretime! It worked perfectly.