From e5553e19498ee4be08a346217e6c135679a96a32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 11:30:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Introduce should_render() method on Panel class

---
 netbox/dcim/ui/panels.py   | 36 +++++++++++++-----------------------
 netbox/ipam/ui/panels.py   |  6 ++----
 netbox/netbox/ui/panels.py | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netbox/dcim/ui/panels.py b/netbox/dcim/ui/panels.py
index 6edfd9b64..4249b98fb 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/ui/panels.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/ui/panels.py
@@ -442,10 +442,8 @@ class VirtualChassisMembersPanel(panels.ObjectPanel):
             'vc_members': context.get('vc_members'),
         }
 
-    def render(self, context):
-        if not context.get('vc_members'):
-            return ''
-        return super().render(context)
+    def should_render(self, context):
+        return bool(context.get('vc_members'))
 
 
 class PowerUtilizationPanel(panels.ObjectPanel):
@@ -461,11 +459,9 @@ class PowerUtilizationPanel(panels.ObjectPanel):
             'vc_members': context.get('vc_members'),
         }
 
-    def render(self, context):
+    def should_render(self, context):
         obj = context['object']
-        if not obj.powerports.exists() or not obj.poweroutlets.exists():
-            return ''
-        return super().render(context)
+        return obj.powerports.exists() and obj.poweroutlets.exists()
 
 
 class InterfacePanel(panels.ObjectAttributesPanel):
@@ -518,11 +514,9 @@ class InterfaceConnectionPanel(panels.ObjectPanel):
     template_name = 'dcim/panels/interface_connection.html'
     title = _('Connection')
 
-    def render(self, context):
+    def should_render(self, context):
         obj = context.get('object')
-        if obj and obj.is_virtual:
-            return ''
-        return super().render(context)
+        return False if (obj is None or obj.is_virtual) else True
 
 
 class VirtualCircuitPanel(panels.ObjectPanel):
@@ -532,11 +526,11 @@ class VirtualCircuitPanel(panels.ObjectPanel):
     template_name = 'dcim/panels/interface_virtual_circuit.html'
     title = _('Virtual Circuit')
 
-    def render(self, context):
+    def should_render(self, context):
         obj = context.get('object')
         if not obj or not obj.is_virtual or not hasattr(obj, 'virtual_circuit_termination'):
-            return ''
-        return super().render(context)
+            return False
+        return True
 
 
 class InterfaceWirelessPanel(panels.ObjectPanel):
@@ -546,11 +540,9 @@ class InterfaceWirelessPanel(panels.ObjectPanel):
     template_name = 'dcim/panels/interface_wireless.html'
     title = _('Wireless')
 
-    def render(self, context):
+    def should_render(self, context):
         obj = context.get('object')
-        if not obj or not obj.is_wireless:
-            return ''
-        return super().render(context)
+        return False if (obj is None or not obj.is_wireless) else True
 
 
 class WirelessLANsPanel(panels.ObjectPanel):
@@ -560,8 +552,6 @@ class WirelessLANsPanel(panels.ObjectPanel):
     template_name = 'dcim/panels/interface_wireless_lans.html'
     title = _('Wireless LANs')
 
-    def render(self, context):
+    def should_render(self, context):
         obj = context.get('object')
-        if not obj or not obj.is_wireless:
-            return ''
-        return super().render(context)
+        return False if (obj is None or not obj.is_wireless) else True
diff --git a/netbox/ipam/ui/panels.py b/netbox/ipam/ui/panels.py
index 06e429967..c8984352a 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/ui/panels.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/ui/panels.py
@@ -229,11 +229,9 @@ class VLANCustomerVLANsPanel(panels.ObjectsTablePanel):
             ],
         )
 
-    def render(self, context):
+    def should_render(self, context):
         obj = context.get('object')
-        if not obj or obj.qinq_role != 'svlan':
-            return ''
-        return super().render(context)
+        return False if (obj is None or obj.qinq_role != 'svlan') else True
 
 
 class ServiceTemplatePanel(panels.ObjectAttributesPanel):
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/ui/panels.py b/netbox/netbox/ui/panels.py
index 67290014f..79b576fd9 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/ui/panels.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/ui/panels.py
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ class Panel:
             'panel_class': self.__class__.__name__,
         }
 
+    def should_render(self, context):
+        """
+        Determines whether the panel should render on the page. (Default: True)
+
+        Parameters:
+            context (dict): The template context
+        """
+        return True
+
     def render(self, context):
         """
         Render the panel as HTML.
@@ -81,6 +90,8 @@ class Panel:
         Parameters:
             context (dict): The template context
         """
+        if not self.should_render(context):
+            return ''
         ctx = self.get_context(context)
         return render_to_string(self.template_name, ctx, request=ctx.get('request'))
 
@@ -405,14 +416,10 @@ class ContextTablePanel(ObjectPanel):
         return context.get(self.table)
 
     def get_context(self, context):
-        table = self._resolve_table(context)
         return {
             **super().get_context(context),
-            'table': table,
+            'table': self._resolve_table(context),
         }
 
-    def render(self, context):
-        table = self._resolve_table(context)
-        if table is None:
-            return ''
-        return super().render(context)
+    def should_render(self, context):
+        return context.get('table') is not None