@MWDelaney thank you for your quick reply.
Seems like the controller method would be simpler? as I am trying to keep the css as lean as possible.
however can you please elaborate?
newbie @ both sage9/blade/controllers and no idea on how to implement that. I read up on: GitHub - soberwp/controller: Composer package to enable a controller when using Blade with Sage 9 and info on this post here:
I tried but all i get is broken pages 