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Display checkboxes in with AngularJS based on two object arrays

I know there are several similar topics already but I found none that really matches my problem.
When opening my AngularJS app/website I am loading two arrays of objects (both are of the same type). One list contains all possible values (called sources here) and the other list is a selection of elements from the first.
My goal is display all sources as checkboxes. The ones from the second list have to be preselected, the rest not. Now the user can select/deselect checkboxes. If he does so I need to inform the server (with the source.id).
What I got so far:
exampleApp.controller('testController', [ '$scope', '$http', function($scope, $http) {
$scope.sources = [];
$scope.selectedSources = [];
$scope.changeSource = function(source) {...};
})
and
<div ng-repeat="source in sources">
<input
type="checkbox"
name="source.name"
value="{{source.id}}"
ng-model="??"
ng-change="changeSource(source.id)"
> {{source.name}}
</div>
What I can't figure out is how I can get ng-model to preselect the right checkboxes and how to get the new (and old) values to changeSource(). Is there an elegant way of doing that?
Example (Pseudo code only):
Sources = [{id=1, name=test1},{id=2, name=test2}, ...]
SelectedSources = [{id=2, name=test2}]
Now what I need are checkboxes like this:
[ ] test1 [x] test2
where all elements from sources are checkboxes and the ones from selectedsources are preselected. Changes of the selection can be stored in selected sources (as objects) and have to trigger my changeSource() function so that I can inform my server.

Set the selected/unselected state in a property inside each of the objects in Sources array(initialize it based on whats present in selectedArray)
$scope.sources.forEach(function(source) {
source.selected = isSelected(source);
})
function isSelected(selectedSource) {
return !!$scope.selectedSources.find(function(s) {
return s === selectedSource || s.id == selectedSource.id;
})
}
Here's a working plunker link

I didn't understood your question very well, but if i'm not mistaken, you want to fill the second collection only with the selected items from the first one, right? If it's the case, you could turn your second collection into a returning function with a filter of the first inside, as follows:
In your controller:
exampleApp.controller('testController', [ '$scope', '$http', function ($scope, $http) {
$scope.sources = [];
/* ... */
$scope.getSelectedSources = function () {
return $scope.sources.filter(function (val) {
return val.selected;
});
};
})
In your template:
<div ng-repeat="source in sources">
<input
type="checkbox"
name="source.name"
value="{{source.id}}"
ng-model="source.selected"
ng-change="changeSource(source.id)"
> {{source.name}}
</div>
<div ng-repeat="source in getSelectedSources()">
<input
type="checkbox"
name="source.name"
value="{{source.id}}"
ng-model="source.selected"
ng-change="changeSource(source.id)"
> {{source.name}}
</div>

Hi this may be help you to get new & old value.
$scope.$watch('sources', function (oldval, newval) {
console.log(oldval + newval);
});

All the checkboxes inside a ng-repeat are getting checked when I select just one

I have list of objects named rolePermissionList like this:
[{"id":1,"name":"createUser","type":"user","marked":1},{"id":2,"name":"deleteUser","type":"user","marked":1},{"id":3,"name":"editRole","type":"role","marked":0}]
and I use ng-repeat to repeat checkboxes using the values in that list like this
<div class="form-group">
<label>Role Permissions:</label>
<div class="checkbox" ng-repeat="permission in rolePermissionList">
<label>
<input type="checkbox" ng-model="idsPermission[permission .idPermission ]"
ng-checked="permission.checked">{{permission.name}}
</label>
</div>
</div>
the ng-model of the checkboxes is named idsPermission and it's a list of numbers, those numbers are the IDS of the objects.
When I load the page the checkboxes that are supposed to be checked are checked this part works fine, but when I check another checkbox all the checkboxes gets checked, and when I uncheck a checkbox the same thing happens all the checkboxes gets unchecked.
I use that list of numbers named idsPermission to get all the IDS of the checkboxes that are checked, this worked before I used the directive ng-checked="permission.checked", but now I need to use it since now I need to show the checkboxes that are already marked.
this is my controller
angular.module('MyApp')
.controller('RolCtrl', ['$scope', 'RolService',
function ($scope, RolService) {
$scope.idsPermission = {};
$scope.getListCheckBoxesEditRole = function (idRole) {
$scope.selectRol.descripcion;
RolService.getListCheckBoxesEditRole(idRole)
.then(
function (d) {
var userPermissionList = [];
for (var permission in d) {
if (d[permission ].type === 'user') {
if (d[permission ].marked === 1)
{
d[permission ].checked = true;
userPermissionList.push(d[permission ]);
} else {
userPermissionList.push(d[permission ]);
}
}
}
$scope.rolePermissionList = userPermissionList;
},
function (errResponse) {
console.error('ERROR');
}
);
};
}
$scope.getListCheckBoxesEditRole(3);
]);
The RolService.getListCheckBoxesEditRole(idRole) service returns this JSON [{"id":1,"name":"createUser","type":"user","marked":1},{"id":2,"name":"deleteUser","type":"user","marked":1},{"id":3,"name":"editRole","type":"role","marked":0}]
and what I do in the controller is iterate over that list and check if the marked field is 1 if it's 1 I do this d[permission ].checked = true; I what I think that I do in that line is setting the checked value to true so I could use this directive in the html view ng-checked="permission.checked"
I tried doing this ng-checked="idsPermission[permission.checked]" but when I do this the values that are marked=1 in the JSON that I paste above don't appear checked when I load the page, but if I put it like this ng-checked="permission.checked" they appear marked as they should, but when I click a checkbox all the checkboxes gets selected.

I came across too many issues to document but the main problem was how you are iterating through the array that is returned from the service. It should be something like this:
Controller
angular.forEach(d.data, function(permission) {
if (permission.type === 'user') {
if (permission.marked === 1) {
permission.checked = true;
userPermissionList.push(permission);
} else {
userPermissionList.push(permission);
}
}
});
Then you can simplify your html like this:
HTML
<input type="checkbox" ng-model="permission.checked" />
You can see all of the changes in this working plunk.

I can't see in your code that $scope.idsPermission is getting defined. In ng-repeat you only set the key for the object but the value is undefined. That's why the checkbox won't show the correct value.
You could use ng-init to initialize the model. Please have a look at the simplified demo below or this fiddle.
(Also defining the models in your controller would be possible.)
Only using ng-model should be enough for the checkbox to work. I think I've read somewhere that ng-checked and ng-model aren't working smoothly together.
angular.module('demoApp', [])
.controller('mainCtrl', MainCtrl);
function MainCtrl() {
var vm = this;
angular.extend(vm, {
data: [{
id: 0,
marked: 1
}, {
id: 1,
marked: 0
}, {
id: 2,
marked: 1
}]
})
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script>
<div ng-app="demoApp" ng-controller="mainCtrl as ctrl">
<div ng-repeat="item in ctrl.data">
<input type="checkbox" ng-init="ctrl.idPermissions[item.id] = !!item.marked" ng-model="ctrl.idPermissions[item.id]"/>{{item.id}}
</div>
<pre>
permissions: {{ctrl.idPermissions | json: 2}}
data{{ctrl.data | json: 2}}</pre>
</div>

Reset ng-model value from controller after ng-change

How can I reset the value of an ng-model in the controller after an ngChange without using a directive
<div ng-repeat="i in items">
<!-- Some DOM comes here -->
<select ng-model="i.avail" ng-change="changeAvail(i.id, i.avail)">
<option value="true">Available</option>
<option value="false">Unavailable</option>
</select>
<!-- More DOM follows -->
</div>
The Javascript in the controller is as follows
$scope.changeAvail = function(itemId, value){
if(confirm("You cannot undo this action")){
//Send an ajax request to backend for an irreversible action
}
else{
//Restore input to initial value;
}
}
I wouldn't want to implement a directive just for this single occurence

You should Ideally store old value of items inside scope & do use them later to revert back to original one.
$scope.loadItem = function(){
$http.get('/api/getitems').then(function(response){
$scope.items = response.data;
$scope.oldCopy = angular.copy($scope.items); //do it where ever you are setting items
});
}
Then do send whole item to ng-change method like ng-change="changeAvail(i)"
$scope.changeAvail = function(item){
if(confirm("You cannot undo this action")){
//save object
$http.post('/api/data/save', item).then(function(){
//alert('Date saved successfully.');
$scope.loadItem(); //to update items from DB, to make sure items would be updated.
})
}
else{
//get current old object based on itemId, & then do revert it.
var oldItem = $filter('filter')($scope.oldCopy, {itemId: item.itemId}, true)
if(oldItem && oldItem.length){
item = oldItem[0]; //filters return array, so take 1st one while replacing it.
}
}
}

collect filtered ng-repeat data to use in controller

I am trying to build a picture library in a responsive grid with data coming down from a Mongo DB. Data from db is in this form. name, image, keyword, bio, reference", searchable,
I start with an ng-repeat to display category selection checkboxes based on the picture keywords. This seems to work fine.
p CATEGORIES:
span.formgroup(data-ng-repeat='category in mongoController.catData')
input.checks( type='checkbox', ng-model='mongoController.filter[category]')
| {{category}}
Here is the factory that sorts and identifies the keyword checkboxes:
getCategories: function (cat) {
return (cat || []).map(function (pic) {
return pic.keyword;
}).filter(function (pic, idx, array) {
return array.indexOf(pic) === idx;
});
}
From there I filter an ng-repeat to display pictures based on the checkbox selection, and/or a search field which works well also.
input.form-control.input-med(placeholder="Search" type='text', ng-model="search.searchable")
br
div.light.imageItem(data-ng-repeat="picture in filtered=( mongoController.allData | filter:search | filter:mongoController.filterByCategory)")
a(data-toggle="modal", data-target="#myModal", data-backdrop="static", ng-click='mongoController.selectPicture(picture)')
img( ng-src='../images/{{picture.image}}_tn.jpg', alt='Photo of {{picture.image}}')
p Number of results: {{filtered.length}}
Functions to display picture lists:
//Returns pictures of checkboxes || calls the noFilter function to show all
mongoController.filterByCategory = function (picture) {
return mongoController.filter[picture.keyword] || noFilter(mongoController.filter);
};
function noFilter(filterObj) {
for (var key in filterObj) {
if (filterObj[key]) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
If you click one of the pictures a modal box pops up with all of the input fields where you can edit image specific fields.
The part I am really struggling with is how to gather the usable data from the filtered ng-repeat to use in the controller so when the modal box is up I can scroll right or left through the other pictures that met the criteria of the search.
Any suggestions would help, even why the hell are you doing it this way?

When you declare the ng-repeat that filters the pictures, your filtered variable belongs to the current $scope (which I cannot infer from the question, as it stands). You could associate the filtered variable to a specific controller by using Controller As syntax: (i.e. using <elem ng-repeat="picture in ctrl.filtered = (ctrl.data | filter1 | filterN)"/>)
Example: (also in jsfiddle)
var mod = angular.module('myapp', []);
mod.controller('ctrl', function() {
var vm = this;
vm.data = ['alice', 'bob', 'carol', 'david', 'ema'];
vm.onbutton = function() {
// access here the filtered data that mets the criteria of the search.
console.log(vm.filtered);
}
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script>
<div ng-app="myapp" ng-controller="ctrl as vm">
<input ng-model="search" type="text" />
<p data-ng-repeat="item in vm.filtered = (vm.data | filter:search)">
{{item}}
</p>
<p>Items: {{vm.filtered.length}}</p>
<button ng-click="vm.onbutton()">Show me in console</button>
</div>

AngularUI-Bootstrap Typeahead: Grouping results

I am implementing typeahead using AngularUI-Bootstrap. I need to show the results grouped based on some values coming from the database. Here's a sample scenario
There are some users in the database, each user has a "Department". One user name can be available in multiple departments.
The end-user types in the names to search users from the database and retrieves the list in the typeahead list. Since one user name can belong to multiple departments, the requirement is to show the user names grouped by different departments. Something like this:
Then the user can select the desired user name and proceed.
As per the Typeahead documentation present here, I don't see any option to cater to my requirement.
I have tried the this workaround: Whenever the typeahead array is getting formed, I appended the user department to the array element:
$scope.fetchUsers = function(val) {
console.log("Entered fetchUsers function");
return $http.get("http://localhost:8080/TestWeb/users", {
params : {
username : val
}
}).then(function(res) {
console.log("Response:",res);
var users = [];
angular.forEach(res.data, function(item) {
users.push(item.UserName + " - " + item.UserDepartment);
});
console.log("users=",users);
return users;
});
};
This way, at least the end user sees the department. But when I select the record, the selected value is the full content of the array element. Below is sample screenshot to elaborate:
HTML
Users from local service
<pre>Model: {{userList | json}}</pre>
<input type="text" ng-model="userList" placeholder="Users loaded from local database"
typeahead="username for username in fetchUsers($viewValue)"
typeahead-loading="loadingUsers" class="form-control">
<i ng-show="loadingUsers" class="glyphicon glyphicon-refresh"></i>
User types in the string
User selects one record
I want to avoid the department (in this case, string - Desc 4 ) when user selects a record.
Is there any way I can achieve this grouping without any workaround? Or is there any way I can enhance my workaround?

I used to have a similar requirement and here is how I did it that time.
Example Plunker: http://plnkr.co/edit/zujdouvB4bz7tFX8HaNu?p=preview
The trick is to set the typeahead-template-url to a custom item template:
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Users loaded from local database"
ng-model="selectedUser"
typeahead="user as user.name for user in getUsers($viewValue)"
typeahead-template-url="typeahead-item.html" />
The item template, this represent each item in a dropdown:
<div class="typeahead-group-header" ng-if="match.model.firstInGroup">Desc {{match.model.group}}</div>
<a>
<span ng-bind-html="match.label | typeaheadHighlight:query"></span>
</a>
As you can see, there is an ng-if to show a group header if that item has a property firstInGroup set to true.
The firstInGroup properties are populated like this using lodashjs:
$scope.getUsers = function (search) {
var filtered = filterFilter(users, search);
var results = _(filtered)
.groupBy('group')
.map(function (g) {
g[0].firstInGroup = true; // the first item in each group
return g;
})
.flatten()
.value();
return results;
}
Hope this fit to your requirement too.

please see here http://plnkr.co/edit/DmoEWzAUHGEXuHILLPBp?p=preview
instead of creating new objects here:
angular.forEach(res.data, function(item) {
users.push(item.UserName + " - " + item.UserDepartment);
});
use create template :
<script type="text/ng-template" id="customTemplate.html">
<a> {{ match.model.name}} - department : {{match.model.dept}}</a>
</script>
and use it in your Typeahead directive
<input type="text" ng-model="selected"
typeahead="user.name as user for user in users | filter:$viewValue | limitTo:8" class="form-control"
typeahead-template-url="customTemplate.html">