This is my first post/question here on StackOverflow so if you see any improvement I can made - please give me an advice :).
Now let me dive into the issue.
For the sake of simplicity I removed any irrelevant portions of code and presented only necessary files.
//app.modules.js
if (typeof window.app == "undefined") {
window.app = angular.module("AppModule", []);
}
//app.services.js
window.app
.service("settingsOverlaySvc", function($rootScope) {
this.broadcastToggle = function() {
$rootScope.$broadcast("toggle-conf");
};
});
//settings-ctrl.js
window.app.controller("SettingsController", ["$scope", "$window", "$sce", "settingsOverlaySvc",
function($scope, $window, $sce, settingsOverlaySvc) {
$scope.visible = false;
$scope.open = false;
$scope.toggleSettings = function() {
$scope.open = !$scope.open;
};
$scope.broadcastToggle = function() {
settingsOverlaySvc.broadcastToggle();
};
$scope.$on("toggle-conf", function() {
console.log("toggle-conf received");
$scope.visible = !$scope.visible;
});
}
]);
angular.bootstrap($("div[ng-controller='SettingsController']").parent(":not(.ng-scope)"), ["AppModule"]);
<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>
<!-- Appended by JS - control1.html -->
<div>
<div ng-controller="SettingsController" ng-init="visible=true">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-cog" ng-class="{'settings-open': open}" ng-click="broadcastToggle();toggleSettings()">COG</span>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Appended by JS - control2.html-->
<div>
<div ng-controller="SettingsController" ng-cloak>
<div ng-if="visible">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-cog" ng-class="{'settings-open': open}" ng-click="toggleSettings()">COG</span>
<div ng-if="open">
<div class="divControl_2">Content_2</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
The above snippet works as I expected - the $broadcast
is called, all controllers receive the message and reacts. In my application the broadcast is received only by controller sending it. I think the problem is caused by dynamic HTML insertions.
The requirement is to render controls dynamically on page load. I'm using the following approach to generate content.
AddWidgets: function () {
var controlContainer1 = $("<section>", {
class: "sidebar-section",
id: "ctrl1-container"
});
var controlContainer2 = $("<section>", {
class: "sidebar-section",
id: "ctrl2-container"
});
$("aside.sidebar").append(controlContainer1);
$("aside.sidebar").append(controlContainer2);
$("#ctrl1-container").load("..\\assets\\ctrls\\control1.html");
$("#ctrl2-container").load("..\\assets\\ctrls\\control2.html");
}
I'm using the same controller because it shares the same logic for all controls.
I've read a lot materials about $broadcast
and $emit
functionality, guides on creating controllers, defining modules and services (that one gives me idea about creating service with $rootScope
injected).
Now I'm thinking that generating angular content outside angular framework (AddWidgets function) can cause the problem (@stackoverflow/a/15676135/6710729).
What raised my spider sense alarm is when I've checked the JSFiddle example for the similar situation (http://jsfiddle.net/XqDxG/2342/) - no parent-child relation of controllers. When I peek at angulat scope of the controllers I can see that $$nextSibling
and $$prevSibling
properties are filled. In my case these are null
ed [here].
Can you give me some guidelines how can I resolve my issue? I'm fairly new to AngularJS and learning as I'm developing the application.