'Display even if view has no result' is ignored for Global: View area in Header and Footer

Encountering this same issue. Anyone have a workaround or fix?

For anyone else encountering this issue, the "Views Field View" module can be used as a workaround. The functionality works the same as the built-in View embedding, but properly obeys the "Display even if view has no result" directive.

The problem with Views Field View is that there is no checkbox for "Display even if view has no result" if you put another view inside footer.

I am experiencing the same problem. The checkbox is ignored and nothing is displayed.

I created a patch that hopefully fixes this. It appears Views does not check whether there are results and also ignores the Display even if view has no result setting for the Global: View area.

Inspired by patch from #1217394-81: Change notice: "Display even if view has no result" not working.

i can confirm both the issue and lmeurs's patch (#5) solution.
So i think we have an RTBC here.

https://www.drupal.org/node/1217394

Sorry for updating the status. Change it back now. I have found it is different from https://www.drupal.org/node/1217394

Doesn't apply for me :(

error: patch failed: handlers/views_handler_area_view.inc:69
Falling back to three-way merge...
Applied patch to 'handlers/views_handler_area_view.in

The code itself looks though sane.

Patch does not apply since in 7.x-3.x views_handler_area_view::render() has been broken up into views_handler_area_view::render() and views_handler_area_view::loadView().

See new patch attached.

The patch on #10 fails at line 52 for me.

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*** 52,62 ****
     */
    function render($empty = FALSE) {
      if ($view = $this->loadView()) {
-       if (!empty($this->options['inherit_arguments']) && !empty($this->view->args)) {
-         return $view->preview(NULL, $this->view->args);
-       }
-       else {
-         return $view->preview(NULL);
        }
      }
      return '';
--- 52,64 ----
     */
    function render($empty = FALSE) {
      if ($view = $this->loadView()) {
+       if (!$empty || $this->options['empty']) {
+         if (!empty($this->options['inherit_arguments']) && !empty($this->view->args)) {
+           return $view->preview(NULL, $this->view->args);
+         }
+         else {
+           return $view->preview(NULL);
:
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@ashedryden: Are you using the stable or development version of Views? I just tried the patch on simplytest.me with the current dev version without any problems.

Patch from #10 applies cleanly for me on dev. However, I'm still not seeing the footer view on a view that returns empty. (That may be an issue with my view, though.)

@MrPeanut This patch should cause the footer view to be hidden when the results are empty-- that is the intended behavior.

Marking #10 RTBC based on #12, my own testing, and #6 and #8 (for the previous patch, on which #10 is based).

Facing same issue in Drupal 8 as well. Please help by providing the patch in Drupal 8.

Drupal 8 patch. Maybe worth moving the issue into core tracker?

I am facing this issue in drupal 9.5.9.

Any solution for this?

Please search for an issue in the Drupal core issue queue for the problem with D9, there might already be an issue for it; this issue is only for the D7 problem.