MailChimp template: Nested repeatable variants?

Question

I'm building a MailChimp template and would like to have nested repeatable variants. Something like this

-- Variant 1A
  -- Variant 2A
  -- Variant 2B
-- Variant 1B
  -- Variant 3A
  -- Variant 3B
-- Variant 1C
  -- Variant 4A
  -- Variant 4B

When I nest mc:repeatable="" and mc:variant="" elements inside another repeatable/variant tag it doesn't work. The inner repeatables don't appear in the editor. Removing the inner repeatable/variant tags makes the content appear again, but the ability to repeat the content blocks is lost obviously.

Here's a full example of the code:

<tr mc:repeatable>
  <td>
<table>

  <tr mc:repeatable="rating" mc:variant="variant1">
    <td>    
      <div mc:edit="text">

      </div>                                                                    
    </td>
  </tr>

  <tr mc:repeatable="rating" mc:variant="variant2">
    <td>                                            
      <div mc:edit="text">

      </div> 
    </td>
  </tr>

</table>
  </td>
</tr>

Has anyone been able to nest repeatable/variant blocks in a MailChimp template?

Answer 1

You can't nest repeatable within repeatable

From MailChimp:

The mc:repeatable attribute defines a content block that can be repeatedly added to the template. When using mc:repeatable, make sure to use proper nesting of items. An mc:repeatable section should never be contained within an mc:edit section. Instead, nest your mc:edit sections within your mc:repeatable blocks. Never nest mc:repeatable blocks within other mc:repeatable blocks, mc:edit areas within other mc:edit areas, or mc:edit images within mc:edit areas.

Answer 2

Looking at mc:repeatable in MailChimp's Reference apparently it is possible to nest repeatable elements within repeatable elements, though it's "not encouraged"

http://templates.mailchimp.com/getting-started/template-language/

Answer 3

I'm also trying to do something similar, from what I can tell, it doesn't seem possible to use a mc:variant inside a mc:repeatable and have it work the way we want.

Using the following:

        <div mc:repeatable="repeat-wrapper">
        <h1>Repeat wrapper</h1>
        <tr>
          <td>
            <div mc:repeatable="catsdogsbirdsfish"
            mc:variant="meow meow meow!">
              <h1>Meow!</h1>
              Cats are the best!
            </div>
            <div mc:repeatable="catsdogsbirdsfish"
            mc:variant="woof woof woof!">
              <h1>Woof!</h1>
              Dogs are the best!
            </div>
            <div mc:repeatable="catsdogsbirdsfish"
            mc:variant="tweet tweet tweet!">
              <h1>Tweet!</h1>
              Birds are the best!
            </div>
            <div mc:repeatable="catsdogsbirdsfish"
            mc:variant="glub glub glub!">
              <h1>Glub?</h1>
              I don't know what sounds fish make,
              but they are the best!
            </div>
          </td>
          <td><p>End of the repeating element</p></td>
        </tr>
        </div>

I could create and repeat any number of Cats, Dogs, Birds or Fish. The repeating UI appeared along with the variant dropdown selector. I could also create a new Repeat Wrapper but I could not insert any Cats, Dogs or Birds inside the newly repeated container :/