I am trying to use directive to create and append several tags to a <div>
as shown below:
module.directive('createControl', function(){
return function(scope, element, attrs){
console.log(attrs.createControl); // undefined
}
});
<div class="control-group" ng-repeat="(k, v) in selectedControls">
<div create-control="{{ v.type }}"></div>
</div>
In attrs I have this construction:
$$element: b.fn.b.init[1]
$$observers: Object
$attr: Object
createControl: "date"
style: "margin-right: 15px"
__proto__: Object
But when I try to use attrs.createControl
I get undefined
and I do not understand why. Actual question: how to pass scope variable to a directive?
Read Attributes/observing interpolated attributes section of the directive docs. During the link phase the attributes haven't been set.
There are several ways including using attrs.$observe
or $timeout
.
app.directive('createControl', function($timeout){
return function(scope, element, attrs){
attrs.$observe('createControl',function(){
console.log(' type:',attrs.createControl);
element.text('Directive text, type is: '+attrs.createControl);
});
}
}) ;
DEMO
app.directive('createControl', function() {
return {
scope: {
createControl:'='
},
link: function(scope, element, attrs){
element.text(scope.createControl);
}
}
})
<div class="control-group" ng-repeat="v in [{type:'green'}, {type:'brown'}]">
<div create-control="v.type"></div>
</div>
If v.type
may change (i.e., you really need to use interpolation -- the {{}}s), use @charlietfl's or @Joe's answser, depending on the type of scope you want your directive to have.
If v.type
will not change (i.e., your link function only needs to get the values once, and those values are guaranteed to be set when your link function runs), you can use $parse or $eval instead. This has a slight performance advantage in that no $watches are created. (With $observe()
and =
, Angular sets up $watches, which are evaluated every digest cycle.)
<div create-control="v.type"></div>
app.directive('createControl', function ($parse) {
return function (scope, element, attrs) {
console.log('$eval type:', scope.$eval(attrs.createControl));
var type = $parse(attrs.createControl)(scope);
console.log('$parse type:', type);
element.text('Directive text, type is: ' + type);
}
});
demo