After describing my setup, my questions are below in bold.
index.html
<div ng-controller="MyCtrl">
<user-picker placeholder="Type a name..."></user-picker>
</div>
Setup:
var app = angular.module('app', ['app.directives', 'app.controllers']);
var directives = angular.module('app.directives', []);
var ctrls = angular.module('app.controllers', []);
Controller:
ctrls.controller('MyCtrl', function($scope) {
$scope.foo = 'this is a foo';
});
Directive:
directives.directive('userPicker', function() {
return {
restrict: 'E',
replace: true,
scope: {
placeholder: '#'
},
templateUrl: 'file.html',
link: function postLink($scope, ele, attrs) {
console.log($scope);
console.log('[ng] Scope is: ');
console.log($scope.placeholder);
console.log($scope.$parent.foo);
}
});
file.html (the directive):
<span>
<input placeholder="{{placeholder}}" type="text">
</span>
So what I want to end up with, is generally working:
<span placeholder="Type a name...">
<input placeholder="Type a name..." type="text">
</span>
The placeholder attribute is correctly resolved.
Is this the right way to accomplish this? Note that the attribute ends up in two places.
Why this odd behavior:
Secondly, I am baffled by the results of console.log($scope). The console output reveals the accurately set placeholder attribtue on the $scope object. However, even still, the very next console.log($scope.placeholder) statement returns "undefined". How is this possible, when the console output clearly shows the attribute is set?
My goals are:
Move or copy the placeholder attribute from the parent down to the child <input> tag.
Have access to the template scope from within linking function.
Reference the parent MyCtrl controller that this directive sits within.
I was almost there, until I ran into the odd behavior noted above. Any thoughts are appreciated.
Instead of attempting to read this off the scope would reading the attrs work?
Some HTML
<script type="text/ng-template" id="file.html">
<span>
<input placeholder="{{placeholder}}" type="text"/>
</span>
</script>
<body ng-app="app">
<div ng-controller="MyCtrl">
<user-picker placeholder="Type a name..."></user-picker>
</div>
</body>
Some JS
var app = angular.module('app', ['app.directives', 'app.controllers']);
var directives = angular.module('app.directives', []);
var ctrls = angular.module('app.controllers', []);
ctrls.controller('MyCtrl', function ($scope) {
$scope.foo = 'this is a foo';
});
directives.directive('userPicker', function () {
return {
restrict: 'E',
replace: true,
scope: {
placeholder: '#'
},
templateUrl: 'file.html',
link: function postLink($scope, ele, attrs) {
console.log($scope);
console.log('[ng] Scope is: ');
console.log(attrs["placeholder"]);
console.log($scope.$parent.foo);
}
}
});
A Fiddle
http://jsfiddle.net/Rfks8/
Related
Prompt as from a directive to cause a method of the controller.
Directive
app.directive('scroll', function($location){
return{
restrict: 'A',
link: function(scope, element, attrs){
element.on('scroll', function(){
let fh = $('#ngview').height();
let nh = Math.round($(element).height() + $(element).scrollTop());
if(fh == nh){
//Here we do what we need
}
})
}
}
});
HTML markup
<div class="col-md-12 middle-body" scroll>
<div ng-show="showUserModal" ng-include="'partial/loginModal.html'"></div>
<div class="user-loader" ng-show="loading">
<div class="spinner"></div>
</div>
<div ng-view id="ngview">
</div>
</div>
app is the main application module
var app = angular.module('app',
[
'ngRoute',
'lastUpdateModule',
'selectedByGenreModule',
'currentFilmModule',
'httpFactory',
'userModule',
'accountModule'
]);
The controller from which you want to call the method is described in a separate file
and connects via require
const SelectedByGenreModule = require('../controllers/selectedByGenre.controller.js')
and passed as a dependency to the main module
So it is from this controller that I need to call the method in the directive.
Tell me how to do it correctly. I left through $rootScope but it did not work out
As far as I know, the directive has the same scope as the controller in which it is located. That is, the directive is in the controller which is the parent for the controller from which you need to call the method.
It sounds like you want your directive to trigger an action defined by your controller. I'd recommend passing the function to the directive via the scope property. See the example below.
var app = angular.module('ExampleApp', []);
app.directive('scroll', function($location) {
return {
restrict: 'A',
scope: {
scroll: '='
},
link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
element.on('scroll', function() {
let fh = $('#ngview').height();
let nh = Math.round($(element).height() + $(element).scrollTop());
if (fh == nh) {
scope.scroll();
}
})
}
}
});
app.controller('ExampleCtrl', function($scope) {
$scope.onScroll = function() {
console.log('Scrolled!')
};
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div ng-app="ExampleApp" ng-controller="ExampleCtrl">
<div class="col-md-12 middle-body" scroll="onScroll">
<div ng-show="showUserModal" ng-include="'partial/loginModal.html'"></div>
<div class="user-loader" ng-show="loading">
<div class="spinner"></div>
</div>
<div ng-view id="ngview">
</div>
</div>
</div>
You can require parent controllers using the require property when defining the directive, the ^^ tells angular to look up the DOM for a parent, otherwise it will only look on the local element.
app.directive('scroll', function($location){
return{
restrict: 'A',
require: '^^selectedByGenreCtrl', // Use the correct controller name here
link: function(scope, element, attrs, selectedByGenreCtrl){
element.on('scroll', function(){
let fh = $('#ngview').height();
let nh = Math.round($(element).height() + $(element).scrollTop());
if(fh == nh){
//Here we do what we need
}
})
}
}
});
Have a requirement where the user should be able to display and update an XML using form fields.
To be able to display the XML and bind the XML elements to from fields, I did the following:
Retrieve XML, convert to JSON (using xml2json) and put it in scope (name='domObject').
Use angular directive on the HTML to get the domObject from scope and beatify it and display it (using vkbeautify)
Also, on the same html, bind the form fields to the domObject from scope.
The binding from the domObject to the XML & form fields is working fine. But, when I make update the value in the field, the same is NOT reflected in the XML displayed (although the changes can be seen in the domObject) i.e 2 way binding is not happening when using the directive.
Please help.
Link to plunker here
Code Snippets
Main script:
var App = angular.module('myApp', []);
App.controller('myCtrl', function($scope, $http, $window) {
$http.get("sample.xml")
.then(function(response) {
var x2js = new $window.X2JS();
var jsonDocument = x2js.xml_str2json( response.data );
$scope.domObject = jsonDocument;
$scope.dataLoaded = true;
});
})
App.directive('prettyprint', function($window) {
return {
restrict: 'C',
replace: true,
link: function postLink(scope, element, attrs) {
var x2js = new $window.X2JS();
var xmlString = x2js.json2xml_str(scope.domObject);
element.text(vkbeautify.xml(xmlString, 4));
}
};
});
HTML Snippet:
<body ng-app="myApp">
<section class="container">
<div class="form-style-3" ng-controller="myCtrl">
<form novalidate ng-if="dataLoaded">
<fieldset><legend>Fields</legend>
Catalog Name
<input type="text" ng-model="domObject.catalog.name" />
</fieldset>
</form>
<br />
<div>
<br />
XML Display:
<pre class="prettyprint lang-xml" ng-if="dataLoaded"></pre>
DOM Object: <br /><br />
{{domObject}}
</div>
</div>
</section>
</body>
Your prettyprint directive takes scope.domObject initially and doesn't reflect to its changes.
One of the ways to do this is to setup a watcher like:
App.directive('prettyprint', function($window) {
return {
restrict: 'AC',
replace: true,
scope: {
obj: '='
},
link: function postLink(scope, element, attrs) {
scope.$watch('obj', function(val) {
var x2js = new $window.X2JS();
var xmlString = x2js.json2xml_str(val);
element.text(vkbeautify.xml(xmlString, 4));
}, true)
}
};
});
Here is working plnkr.
As far as I can tell, ng-change is called before ng-model is actually changed in a select element. Here's some code to reproduce the issue:
angular.module('demo', [])
.controller('DemoController', function($scope) {
'use strict';
$scope.value = 'a';
$scope.displayValue = $scope.value;
$scope.onValueChange = function() {
$scope.displayValue = $scope.value;
};
})
.directive("selector", [
function() {
return {
controller: function() {
"use strict";
this.availableValues = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
},
controllerAs: 'ctrl',
scope: {
ngModel: '=',
ngChange: '='
},
template: '<select ng-model="ngModel" ng-change="ngChange()" ng-options="v for v in ctrl.availableValues"> </select>'
};
}
]);
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<div ng-app="demo" ng-controller="DemoController">
<div selector ng-model="value" ng-change="onValueChange">
</div>
<div>
<span>Value when ng-change called:</span>
<span>{{ displayValue }}</span>
</div>
</div>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.5/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="demo.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
If you run this, you should change the combobox 2 times (e.g. 'b' (must be different than the default), then 'c').
The first time, nothing happens (but the value displayed in the text should have changed to match the selection).
The second time, the value should change to the previous selection (but should have been set to the current selection).
This sounds really similar to a couple previous posts: AngularJS scope updated after ng-change and AngularJS - Why is ng-change called before the model is updated?. Unfortunately, I can't reproduce the first issue, and the second was solved with a different scope binding, which I was already using.
Am I missing something? Is there a workaround?
It's good idea not to use the same model value in the directive. Create another innerModel which should be used inside directive and update the "parent" model when needed with provided NgModelController.
With this solution, you don't hack the ng-change behavior - just use what Angular already provides.
angular.module('demo', [])
.controller('DemoController', function($scope) {
$scope.value = 'a';
$scope.displayValue = $scope.value;
$scope.onValueChange = function() {
$scope.displayValue = $scope.value;
};
})
.directive("selector", [
function() {
return {
controller: function() {
this.availableValues = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
},
require: 'ngModel',
controllerAs: 'ctrl',
scope: {
'ngModel': '='
},
template: '<select ng-model="innerModel" ng-change="updateInnerModel()" ng-options="v for v in ctrl.availableValues"> </select>',
link: function(scope, elem, attrs, ngModelController) {
scope.innerModel = scope.ngModel;
scope.updateInnerModel = function() {
ngModelController.$setViewValue(scope.innerModel);
};
}
};
}
]);
<div ng-app="demo" ng-controller="DemoController">
<div selector ng-model="value" ng-change="onValueChange()">
</div>
<div>
<span>Value when ng-change called:</span>
<span>{{ displayValue }}</span>
</div>
</div>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.5/angular.min.js"></script>
Inspired by this answer.
It's a digest issue.. Just wrap the onValueChange operations with $timeout:
$scope.onValueChange = function() {
$timeout(function(){
$scope.displayValue = $scope.value;
});
};
Don't forget to inject $timeout in your controller.
... or you can check this link on how to implement ng-change for a custom directive
The examples I see of using angular-ui/bootstrap's $modal always look something like this:
$modal.open({
templateUrl: 'modaltemplate.html',
controller: function($scope) {
...
}
});
What if I want to use a directive, instead? Like this:
$modal.open({
template: '<my-modal-directive></my-modal-directive>'
// no "controller" property; use directive's controller
});
The markup for my-modal-directive renders fine, and I've moved the controller property into the my-modal-directive definition object, but now getting this error from the my-modal-directive:
Error: [$injector:unpr] Unknown provider: $modalInstanceProvider <- $modalInstance
Can anyone point me to an example where $modal uses a directive where that directive defines the controller?
For example, this works, where I've replaced the templateUrl with a directive:
http://plnkr.co/edit/YrGaF83GH6bzZPRR55GK?p=preview
But when I move the controller from $modal.open() into the directive, that's when the error happens:
http://plnkr.co/edit/aLBT239EpL004DRh4jll?p=preview
The problem is that $modalInstance can only be injected in the controller that you provide to $modal.open.
Check out the sources here:
$modal.open = function (modalOptions) {
...
var modalInstance = {
...
};
...
if (modalOptions.controller) {
...
ctrlLocals.$modalInstance = modalInstance;
...
ctrlInstance = $controller(modalOptions.controller, ctrlLocals);
...
}
...
}
In essence when you try to add $modalInstance as a dependency to your controller AngularJS looks for a registered global provider named $modalInstanceProvider. Now the trouble is, if you understood the code above, that $modalInstance is not a globally registered provider. It only "exists" as a dependency for the controller you pass to $modal.open.
If you read the rest of the code you'll notice that $modal.open returns modalInstance, maybe you can use that.
Something like this:
function SomeController($modal) {
$scope.modal = {
instance: null
};
$scope.modal.instance = $modal.open({
template: '<my-modal-directive modal="modal"></my-modal-directive>',
scope: $scope
});
}
function MyModalDirective() {
scope: {
modal: '='
},
link: function($scope) {
// here you can access $scope.modal.instance
}
}
The issue you have is that you are trying to inject values which are not available for injection. Only values registered with the injector can be injected.
The logic of you code is also flawed, you are creating the modal in your main controller but trying to close it in the directive. Ideally, the modal should be triggered by the directive (via it's link function), and then you can ok/cancel it from there.
See my http://plnkr.co/edit/3p1rXAymd7BilyklgxKy?p=preview for one possible approach, I have kept the code that closes and cancels the modal in the main controller.
angular.module('ui.bootstrap.demo', ['ui.bootstrap']);
angular.module('ui.bootstrap.demo').directive('myModal', function() {
return {
restrict: 'E',
templateUrl: 'myModalContent.html',
controller: function ($scope) {
$scope.selected = {
item: $scope.items[0]
};
}
};
});
angular.module('ui.bootstrap.demo').controller('ModalDemoCtrl', function ($scope, $modal, $log) {
$scope.items = ['item1', 'item2', 'item3'];
$scope.open = function (size) {
var modalInstance;
var modalScope = $scope.$new();
modalScope.ok = function () {
modalInstance.close(modalScope.selected);
};
modalScope.cancel = function () {
modalInstance.dismiss('cancel');
};
modalInstance = $modal.open({
template: '<my-modal></my-modal>',
size: size,
scope: modalScope
}
);
modalInstance.result.then(function (selectedItem) {
$scope.selected = selectedItem;
}, function () {
$log.info('Modal dismissed at: ' + new Date());
});
};
});
I create a directive to create modals easily. A modal content is based on a template view.
angular.module('your_app').directive('modalViewUrl', function ($modal) {
return {
restrict: 'A', // A: attribute
scope: { // isolate scope
'modalViewUrl': '#', // modal view url to render the modal content
'modalController': '#' // modal view controller (optional)
},
link: function($scope, element, attrs){
element.bind('click', function(){
var template =
'<div class="modal-body">' +
'<button ng-click="$close()" type="button" class="close" aria-label="Close">' +
'<span aria-hidden="true">×</span>' +
'</button>' +
'<div ng-include="\'' + $scope.modalViewUrl + '\'"></div>' +
'</div>';
// see modal reference from ui bootstrap at <http://angular-ui.github.io>
var modalInstance = $modal.open({
animation: true,
template: template,
controller: $scope.modalController,
});
});
}
};
});
Example how to use it:
index.html
<a modal-view-url="hello.html" modal-controller="HelloCtrl" href="#">
Click here to open the modal
</a>
hello.html
<h1> Hello World {{name}} </h1>
HelloCtrl.js
angular.module('yourApp').controller('HelloCtrl',
function ($scope, $modalInstance) {
// $modalInstance: same from from ui bootstrap
$scope.name = "Xico";
});
A modal view can have its own controller. Example:
hello.html (modified)
<h1 ng-controller="Hello2Ctrl"> {{msg}} {{name}} </h1>
Hello2Ctrl.js
angular.module('yourApp').controller('Hello2Ctrl',
function ($scope) {
$scope.msg = "Hello Worldsszz";
$scope.name = "Zefa";
});
Observe that the modal output will be "Hello Worldsszz Xico", because the modal controller (HelloCtrl) will be rendered after view controller (Hello2).
Reference
It's even more late reply, but someone may find it useful.
I have enhanced Fernando Felix answer and made my own quite flexible directive which communicates with the controller, which I think might be solution for this question.
Directive
var modalUrl = function ($modal) {
return {
restrict: 'A', // A: attribute
scope: { // isolate scope
'modalUrl': '#', // modal view url to render the modal content
'modalController': '#', // modal view controller (optional)
'value': "="
},
link: function(scope, element, attrs){
console.log('modalUrl link');
var modalInstance;
var template = [
'<div class="modal-body">',
'<button ng-click="$close()" type="button" class="close" aria-label="Close">',
'<span aria-hidden="true">×</span>',
'</button>',
'<div ng-include="\'' + scope.modalUrl + '\'"></div>',
'</div>'
].join('');
element.bind('click', function(){
// see modal reference from ui bootstrap at <http://angular-ui.github.io>
modalInstance = $modal.open({
size: attrs.size,
animation: true,
template: template,
resolve: {
params: function () {
console.log('value passed to modal:');
console.log(scope.value);
return scope.value;
}
},
controller: scope.modalController
});
modalInstance.result.then(
function (returnValue) {
// alert('value: '+returnValue);
console.log('modal returnValue:');
console.log(returnValue);
scope.value = returnValue;
}, function () {
console.log('Modal dismissed at: ' + new Date());
}
);
});
}
};
}
modalUrl.$inject = ['$modal'];
angular.module('app').directive('modalUrl', modalUrl);
Controller
var HelloCtrl = function ($scope, $modalInstance, modalVal) {
// $modalInstance: same from from ui bootstrap
console.log('Hello init!');
// modalVal is the init modal value passed via directive
console.log(modalVal);
// your code
$scope.name = modalVal;
$scope.ok = function() {
$modalInstance.close(this.name); // returnValue
};
$scope.cancel = function() {
$modalInstance.dismiss('cancel');
};
}
HelloCtrl.$inject = ['$scope', '$modalInstance','params'];
angular.module('app').controller('HelloCtrl',HelloCtrl);
inline template
<script type="text/ng-template" id="hello.html">
<div class="modal-header">
<h3 class="modal-title">I'm a modal!</h3>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<input type="text" ng-model="name" />
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="ok()">OK</button>
<button class="btn" ng-click="cancel()">Cancel</button>
</div>
</script>
It's one controller and template per popup type, then you can call it multiple times with:
<a modal-url="hello.html" modal-controller="HelloCtrl" value="yourVal" ng-init="yourVal='test'" href="#">Click here to open the modal</a>
You can initialize value with whatever - ie. object, array etc.
or external template
Pretty much the same, just url changes and template file is used for template.
<a modal-url="/modal/test1.html" modal-controller="HelloCtrl" value="yourVal" ng-init="yourVal='test'" href="#">Click here to open the modal</a>
test1.html
<div class="modal-header">
<h3 class="modal-title">I'm a modal!</h3>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<input type="text" ng-model="name" />
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="ok()">OK</button>
<button class="btn" ng-click="cancel()">Cancel</button>
</div>
Modal size etc.
Just add parameter size="sm|lg" for the modal link/button ie.
Click here to open the modal
For standard size skip the parameter.
You may enhance it yourself using link function attrs.
I'm kanda late replay put simplest way is to use
$scope.$parent.$close(result);
$scope.$parent.$dismiss(reason);
This works form your directive controller.
I have a directive and a controller according to this (it's from the Angular JS Directives PacktPub book, mostly).
angular.module('myApp',[])
.directive('myIsolatedScopedDirective', function(){
return {
scope : {
'title' : '#msdTitle'
},
link: function ($scope, $element, $attrs) {
$scope.setDirectiveTitle = function (title) {
$scope.title = title;
};
}
};
})
.controller('MyCtrl', function($scope){
$scope.title = "Hello World";
$scope.setAppTitle = function(title){
$scope.title = title;
};
});
<div ng-controller="MyCtrl">
<h2>{{title}}</h2>
<button ng-click="setAppTitle('App 2.0')">Upgrade me!</button>
<div my-isolated-scoped-directive msd-title="I'm a directive within the app {{title}}">
<h4>{{title}}</h4>
<button ng-click="setDirectiveTitle('bob')">Bob it!</button>
</div>
</div>
The problem is the following:
Why the <h4>{{title}}</h4> evaluate to "Hello World" and why not "I'm a directive within the app Hello World"?
Can anybody explain this please?
Thank you.
Plunker
The reason is, you have to enter the template inside directive's template property to make it the isolated one. Right now, the directive creates an isolated scope, but it doesn't use it anywhere, because the content inside your directive tag is already evaluated in the parent scope (of MyCtrl) when the directive's link function is triggered
This is probably what to want to do
http://plnkr.co/edit/jmWrNpLFttDPhSooPF0M?p=preview
directive
.directive('myIsolatedScopedDirective', function(){
return {
scope : {
'title' : '#msdTitle'
},
replace: true,
template: '<div><h4>{{title}}</h4>' +
'<button ng-click="setDirectiveTitle(\'bob\')">Bob it!</button>',
link: function ($scope, $element, $attrs) {
$scope.setDirectiveTitle = function (title) {
$scope.title = title;
};
}
};
markup
<div my-isolated-scoped-directive msd-title="I'm a directive within the app {{title}}"></div>