I've got an AngularJS attribute directive, and I would like to take an action any time its parent input's value changes. Right now I'm doing it with jQuery:
angular.module("myDirective", [])
.directive("myDirective", function()
{
return {
restrict: "A",
scope:
{
myDirective: "=myDirective"
},
link: function(scope, element, attrs)
{
element.keypress(function()
{
// do stuff
});
}
};
});
Is there a way to do this without jQuery? I'm finding the keyPress event isn't doing exactly what I want it to, and while I'm sure I'll come up with a solution, I get a little nervous when I resort to using jQuery in an Angular project.
So what's the Angular way to do this?
There's a great example in the AngularJS docs.
It's very well commented and should get you pointed in the right direction.
A simple example, maybe more so what you're looking for is below:
jsfiddle
HTML
<div ng-app="myDirective" ng-controller="x">
<input type="text" ng-model="test" my-directive>
</div>
JavaScript
angular.module('myDirective', [])
.directive('myDirective', function () {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function (scope, element, attrs) {
scope.$watch(attrs.ngModel, function (v) {
console.log('value changed, new value is: ' + v);
});
}
};
});
function x($scope) {
$scope.test = 'value here';
}
Edit: Same thing, doesn't require ngModel
jsfiddle:
JavaScript
angular.module('myDirective', [])
.directive('myDirective', function () {
return {
restrict: 'A',
scope: {
myDirective: '='
},
link: function (scope, element, attrs) {
// set the initial value of the textbox
element.val(scope.myDirective);
element.data('old-value', scope.myDirective);
// detect outside changes and update our input
scope.$watch('myDirective', function (val) {
element.val(scope.myDirective);
});
// on blur, update the value in scope
element.bind('propertychange keyup paste', function (blurEvent) {
if (element.data('old-value') != element.val()) {
console.log('value changed, new value is: ' + element.val());
scope.$apply(function () {
scope.myDirective = element.val();
element.data('old-value', element.val());
});
}
});
}
};
});
function x($scope) {
$scope.test = 'value here';
}
Since this must have an input element as a parent, you could just use
<input type="text" ng-model="foo" ng-change="myOnChangeFunction()">
Alternatively, you could use the ngModelController
and add a function to $formatters
, which executes functions on input change. See http://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng.directive:ngModel.NgModelController
.directive("myDirective", function() {
return {
restrict: 'A',
require: 'ngModel',
link: function(scope, element, attr, ngModel) {
ngModel.$formatters.push(function(value) {
// Do stuff here, and return the formatted value.
});
};
};
To watch out the runtime changes in value of a custom directive, use $observe
method of attrs
object, instead of putting $watch
inside a custom directive.
Here is the documentation for the same ... $observe docs