How to conditionally wrap a div around ng-content

Angular ^4

As workaround i can offer you the following solution:

<div *ngIf="insideRedDiv; else elseTpl" style="display: inline; border: 1px red solid">
  <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="elseTpl"></ng-container>
</div>

<ng-template #elseTpl><ng-content></ng-content> </ng-template>

Plunker Example angular v4

Angular < 4

Here you can create dedicated directive that will do the same things:

<div *ngIf="insideRedDiv; else elseTpl" style="display: inline; border: 1px red solid">
   <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="elseTpl"></ng-container>
</div>

<template #elseTpl><ng-content></ng-content></template>

Plunker Example

ngIf4.ts

class NgIfContext { public $implicit: any = null; }

@Directive({ selector: '[ngIf4]' })
export class NgIf4 {
  private context: NgIfContext = new NgIfContext();
  private elseTemplateRef: TemplateRef<NgIfContext>;
  private elseViewRef: EmbeddedViewRef<NgIfContext>;
  private viewRef: EmbeddedViewRef<NgIfContext>;

  constructor(private viewContainer: ViewContainerRef, private templateRef: TemplateRef<NgIfContext>) { }

  @Input()
  set ngIf4(condition: any) {
    this.context.$implicit = condition;
    this._updateView();
  }

  @Input()
  set ngIf4Else(templateRef: TemplateRef<NgIfContext>) {
    this.elseTemplateRef = templateRef;
    this.elseViewRef = null;
    this._updateView();
  }

  private _updateView() {
    if (this.context.$implicit) {
      this.viewContainer.clear();
      this.elseViewRef = null;

      if (this.templateRef) {
        this.viewRef = this.viewContainer.createEmbeddedView(this.templateRef, this.context);
      }
    } else {
      if (this.elseViewRef) return;

      this.viewContainer.clear();
      this.viewRef = null;

      if (this.elseTemplateRef) {
        this.elseViewRef = this.viewContainer.createEmbeddedView(this.elseTemplateRef, this.context);
      }
    }
  }
}