gistfile1.txt

      def build_table
        build_table_head
        build_table_body unless @collection.blank?
      end


versus

      def build_table
        build_table_head
        build_table_body
      end

here is the actual git diff

diff --git a/lib/active_admin/views/components/table_for.rb b
index b3e846e..bb05ff1 100644
--- a/lib/active_admin/views/components/table_for.rb
+++ b/lib/active_admin/views/components/table_for.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module ActiveAdmin
@resource_class = options.delete(:i18n)
@collection = collection
@columns = []

•    build_table
  

•    build_table 
   super(options)
  

  end

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ module ActiveAdmin

   def build_table
     build_table_head

•    build_table_body
  

•    build_table_body unless @collection.blank?
  

  end

  def build_table_head

If we need to, we can also do this in build_table_body directly, the problem is that when a collection is blank, it is evaluating and still putting it in the tbody ([]) which ends up looking messy.