+There's a patch implementing this in [[!debbug 484510]]. It needs a few fixes
+before I merge it. Now applied. --[[Joey]]
+
+----
+
+I noticed that when the pagespec returns no map items, the map plugin does not close off the ul and div tags. Below is a simple patch
+that seems to work on the examples I tried. I am a beginner so please help me out here. Thanks. --[[harishcm]]
+
+ --- a/map.pm
+ +++ b/map.pm
+ @@ -81,6 +81,13 @@
+ my $openli=0;
+ my $addparent="";
+ my $map = "<div class='map'>\n<ul>\n";
+ +
+ + # Return properly closed $map if %mapitems is empty
+ + if (!scalar(keys %mapitems)) {
+ + $map .= "</ul>\n</div>\n";
+ + return $map;
+ + }
+ +
+ foreach my $item (sort keys %mapitems) {
+ my @linktext = (length $mapitems{$item} ? (linktext => $mapitems{$item}) : ());
+ $item=~s/^\Q$common_prefix\E\///
+
+> This was also reported as [[bugs/map_fails_to_close_ul_element_for_empty_list]];
+> this patch is simpler than the one there, but has the same problem (it emits
+> `<ul></ul>`, which technically isn't valid HTML either). --[[smcv]]
+
+>> Thanks for the tip, I added another patch addressing the issue at
+>> [[bugs/map_fails_to_close_ul_element_for_empty_list]]. --[[harishcm]]