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Pass data to transcluded element

I want to create a directive that organizes a displays data grouped by date. I also want to be able to specify a directive that will display the individual rows. In a perfect world it would look something like this (but nice and pretty)
Friday, Oct 28
[some directive html]
[some directive html]
[some directive html]
Saturday, Oct 29
[some directive html]
Sunday, Oct 30
[some directive html]
[some directive html]
...
This obviously doesn't work, so if you have a better approach please tell me, but I was hoping to be able to do something along these lines:
app.directive('dateOrganized', [function(){
return {
template:
'<div>' +
'<div ng-repeat="organizedDate in organizedDate">' +
'<div>{{organizedDate.date | date}}</div>' +
'<div ng-repeat="item in organizedDate.items">' +
'{{rowDirectiveHtml}}' +
'</div>' +
'</div>' +
'</div>',
scope: {
organizedDates: '=',
rowDirectiveHtml: '='
}
...
};
}])
app.directive('itemRow', [function(){
return {
template: '<div>{{item.data}}</div>',
scope: {
item: '='
}
};
}]);
then use it like this:
<div data-organized organized-dates="stuff" row-directive-html="<div item-row item=\"item\" />" />
I know this is super ugly (and doesn't work, but I'm sure I could get it working with a few tweaks) so what I am really asking, is there a better way to do this?

This question is more complicated than might appear, so let's break it down.
What you are building is a directive that accepts a partial template - <div item-row item="item" /> - and that template uses (or linked against a scope with) an inner variable - item - that is not defined in the outer scope by the user; its meaning is defined by your directive and your user "discovers" it by reading the documentation of your directive. I typically name such "magic" variables with a prefixed $, e.g. $item.
Step 1
Instead of passing a template as an HTML-as-string via attribute binding, pass it as contents and transclude that content. Transcluding allows you to bind the transcluded content against an arbitrary scope:
<foo>
<div>my item is: {{$item}}</div>
</foo>
.directive("foo", function(){
return {
scope: {},
transclude: true,
template: "<h1>I am foo</h1><placeholder></placeholder>",
link: function(scope, element, attrs, ctrls, transclude){
scope.$item = "magic variable";
transclude(scope, function(clonedContent){
element.find("placeholder").replaceWith(clonedContent);
});
}
};
});
The above will place the template <div>my item is: {{$item}}</div> (could be any template you specify) where the directive foo decides, and will link against a scope that has $item defined.
Step 2
But the added complexity of your directive is that it uses ng-repeat, which by itself accepts a template, and the template your directive receives needs to be used as a template of ng-repeat.
With just the approach above, this would not work, since by the time link runs, ng-repeat will have already transcluded its own content before you had a chance to apply yours.
One way to address that is to manually $compile the template of foo instead of using the template property. Prior to compiling, we will have a chance to place the intended template where needed:
.directive("foo", function($compile){
return {
scope: {},
transclude: true,
link: function(scope, element, attrs, ctrls, transclude){
scope.items = [1, 2, 3, 4];
var template = '<h1>I am foo</h1>\
<div ng-repeat="$item in items">\
<placeholder></placeholder>\
</div>';
var templateEl = angular.element(template);
transclude(scope, function(clonedContent){
templateEl.find("placeholder").replaceWith(clonedContent);
$compile(templateEl)(scope, function(clonedTemplate){
element.append(clonedTemplate);
});
});
}
};
});
Demo

AngularJS directive restrict

I made some AngularJS directives in the past week and they all work but this one just won't work and I don't know what I am doing wrong..
This is the directive I'm talking about:
app.directive('idleCheck', [function () {
return {
restrict: 'I',
link: function (scope, elem, attrs) {
ifvisible.setIdleDuration(5);
ifvisible.on("idle", function () {
var div = document.getElementById('fullscreenWrap');
div.style.cursor = 'none';
stream.pause();
});
ifvisible.on("wakeup", function () {
var div = document.getElementById('fullscreenWrap');
div.style.cursor = 'auto';
stream.resume();
});
}
}
}]);
This is my HTML code where I call the directive:
<div id="fullscreenWrap" idle-check>
...
</div>
Do you see anything wrong in the code ?
Or do you know why it isn't working ?

You need to change restrict field to 'A'.
The restrict option is typically set to:
'A' - only matches attribute name 'E' - only matches element name 'C'
- only matches class name These restrictions can all be combined as needed:
'AEC' - matches either attribute or element or class name
Angular directive

The restrict options available are: 'E','A','C','M'
One of EACM restricts the directive to a specific directive declaration style.
You can even use Multiple restrictions on same directive restrict: 'AC'
If you don't restrict any, the defaults (elements and attributes) are used.
E - Element name (default): <my-directive></my-directive>
A - Attribute (default): <div my-directive="exp"></div>
C - Class: <div class="my-directive: exp;"></div>
M - coMment: <!-- directive: my-directive exp -->
For Example:
ng-if is restricted to 'A'. so it can be used only as attribute, you can't use as comment or element
Here's the angularjs code for ngIf
var ngIfDirective = ['$animate', function($animate) {
return {
transclude: 'element',
priority: 600,
terminal: true,
restrict: 'A', // --> This means restricting to Attribute

Without knowing what error it is actually giving your issue is most likely your directive declaration.
There is no restrict: I. Angular only supports three values for this:
A - only matches attribute name
E - only matches element name
C - only matches class name
You can but any combination of the three though to support multiple cases.
Docs: https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/directive#template-expanding-directive
It states the info at the bottom of the template expanding directive section.

Dynamic injection of directive inside another directive template

Hello I'm new to AngularJS and I think I misunderstood something. Im trying to inject dynamically a directive inside another directive template.
For instance I have 2 directives "a-tag" and "b-tag" and I would like to add one of these 2 directives inside another directive "container".
I have something like this:
<body ng-app="myApp">
<container item="a-tag" a-color="#f00"></container>
</body>
I declared my "container" directive to get the item attribute (a-tag, b-tag, or any other directive) and inject it.
angular.module("Container", []).directive("container", function($compile){
return {
restrict: "EA",
scope: {
item: "#"
},
link: function(scope, element, attrs){
var template = '<div id="container">';
var item = '';
if(scope.item !== undefined){
item = '<' + scope.item;
item += ' ></' + scope.item + '>';
}
template += item + '</div>';
element.html(template);
$compile(element.contents())(scope);
}
};
});
It is working but i dunt know how to broadcast to my child directive (a/b,etc.) his attributes (for instance a-color="#f00" like used in the first piece of code).
My child directives look like this:
angular.module("A", []).directive("aTag", function(){
return {
restrict: "EA",
templateUrl: "template/a.html",
replace: true,
link: function(scope, element, attrs){
element.css("color", attrs.bColor);
}
};
});
It is a simple example. Actually I designed a modal popup (my container) and I would like to use it for several things such as displaying a form, a loader (my directives a-tag, b-tag, etc).
Any idea is welcome.
Ty,
Rémi

Dynamically Create and Load Angular Directive

In my application i have a list of custom directive names.
$scope.data =["app-hello","app-goodby","app-goodafter"];
each name in this array is one directive that im created.
var app = angular.module('app',[]).controller('mainCtrl',function($scope){
$scope.data =["app-hello","app-goodby","app-goodafter"];
}).directive('appHello',function(){
return {
restrict:'EA',
template:'<h1>Hello Directive</h1>'
};
}).directive('appGoodbye',function(){
return {
restrict:'EA',
template:'<h1>GoodBye</h1>'
};
}).directive('appGoodafter',function(){
return{
restrict:'EA',
template:'<h1>Good Afternoon</h1>'
};
});
now i want to load directive with ng-repeat in the view for example because i used EA restrict for directive can create directive in ng-repeat like this :
<div ng-repeat="d in data" >
<div {{d}}></div>
</div>
but this way it doesn't work. so the real question is if i have list of directive how to load this directive with ng-repeat.for this scenario i create a jsbin .
thanks.

You need a "master" directive that $compiles the HTML (optionally containing directives) into an Angular-aware template and then links the compiled element to a $scope:
app.directive('master', function ($compile) {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function postLink(scope, elem, attrs) {
attrs.$observe('directive', function (dirName) {
if (dirName) {
var compiledAndLinkedElem =
$compile('<div ' + dirName + '></div>')(scope);
elem.html('').append(compiledAndLinkedElem);
}
});
}
};
});
<div master directive="{{dir}}" ng-repeat="dir in ['dir1', 'dir2', 'dir3']"></div>
See, also, this short demo.

You can do it in this way:
Directive:
app.directive('compile',function($compile){
return{
restrict:'A',
template: '<div></div>',
link:function(scope,elem,attrs){
scope.name = attrs.compile;
elem.children('div').attr(scope.name,'');
$compile(elem.contents())(scope);
}
};
});
HTML:
<div ng-repeat="d in data" compile="{{d}}">
</div>
Jsbin: http://jsbin.com/wofituye/4/edit

I actually prefer to create templates, that just contain the directive. Then you can use ng-include this then enables you to easily pass scope variables into the dynamically chosen directives too.
Here is my widget code fore example:
<div ng-repeat="widget in widgets track by $index" ng-include="widget.url" class="widget-container" ng-class="widget.widget_type.config.height +' ' + widget.widget_type.config.width">
</div>
Then I set the widget.url to a template containing just the right directive.
I can then in my directive do this:
<custom-widget ng-attr-widget="widget"></custom-widget>
Then I have access to the dynamic variable too, so I can access configuration specifics too, without having to dynamically generate HTML strings and compile them. Not a perfect solution, but personally I used to use the other approach mentioned, and discovered that this fit my needs much better.

Angularjs how to pass in data using a directive

What I am trying to do is make a function so I can change the height of my ng-grid column width. That is irrelevant besides the fact that the scope from my controller needs to communicate with the scope in my directive.
.directive('getWidth', function(){
return{
controller: 'QuotesCtrl',
link: function(scope){
scope.smRowHeight = function(the value i want){
scope.theRowHeight = the value i want;
}
}
}
})
And I just want to be able to go into my html and say hey for this div I want the height 20
<div getWidth = '20'></div>
I have looking around and I couldn't find anything doing with this exact thing. and by the way, in my QuotesCtrl i initialized the row height like so
$scope.theRowHeight;
Any suggestions?

Try something like this:
.directive('getWidth', function(){
return{
controller: 'QuotesCtrl',
link: function(scope){
console.log(scope.theRowHeight);
},
scope: {
'theRowHeight': '='
}
}
});
Markup:
<div the-row-height="20"></div>

Directives are amazing! You can pass in what is called an isolate scope, and with that you can pass in values as strings or references to your controller scope. There are 3 options on the isolate scope that you should look into. = # & See the link below the example to the docs.
Here is a working JSFiddle
.directive('getHeight', function(){
return{
scope: {
"rowHeight": '='
},
controller: 'QuotesCtrl',
link: function(scope){
scope.smRowHeight = function(the value i want){
scope.theRowHeight = the value i want;
}
}
}
})
You would need to update your html to pass in the new scope value.
<div get-height row-height='20'></div>
More Info on Directives