From 03c32d2f6aee2ef296f6169f691feffece012650 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Quincy Morgan <2046746+quincylvania@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:36:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Return empty string instead of empty html element for empty
 text

---
 modules/core/localizer.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/core/localizer.js b/modules/core/localizer.js
index b68b24338..e5df34f1a 100644
--- a/modules/core/localizer.js
+++ b/modules/core/localizer.js
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ export function coreLocalizer() {
     // Returns the localized text wrapped in an HTML element encoding the locale info
     localizer.t.html = function(stringId, replacements, locale) {
         const info = localizer.tInfo(stringId, replacements, locale);
-        return localizer.htmlForLocalizedText(info.text, info.locale);
+        // text may be empty or undefined if `replacements.default` is 
+        return info.text ? localizer.htmlForLocalizedText(info.text, info.locale) : '';
     };
 
     localizer.htmlForLocalizedText = function(text, localeCode) {