Just using angularJS's data-binding?

[ItsLeeOwen]

I've heard repeatedly that angularJS is good at being minimally sprinkled in projects.  I'd love to use it's data-binding features between a controller class, and target element.  However I'd also like to be able to do DOM manipulation, and listen to events from within the controller class.  I know this is a dastardly deed, but from what I can tell, angularJS does not expose the target element anymore.  Has anyone any experience using angularJS specifically for linking a controller to target element, with data-binding, without the strict MVC separation?

[ItsLeeOwen]

I suppose I could just grab the target element with a jQuery selector.

[Misko Hevery]

In the controller just inject $element or in ng-click just get the element from $event.

Yes this goes deep against the angular way....

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 8:54 PM, ItsLeeOwen <devel...@coderebelbase.com> wrote:

I suppose I could just grab the target element with a jQuery selector.

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[ItsLeeOwen]

How would you inject $element in the controller?  Is there documentation on this?  Thanks.

[Vojta Jína]

Why do you want that ? That's gonna be hard to test.

Can you send an example (eg jsfiddle), what you are trying to achieve ?

I believe, there is a better way...

If you really want to shoot yourself, feel free to do it, here is the gun :-D

function Controller($element) {}

V.

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 12:30 PM, ItsLeeOwen <l...@coderebelbase.com> wrote:

How would you inject $element in the controller?  Is there documentation on this?  Thanks.

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[ItsLeeOwen]

To check the element for custom directives, and in some cases be evil and shoot myself in the foot with event listeners/handlers in the controller.  Although I see the value of it, I'm not concerned with strict adherence to a unit-testable MVC app.

http://jsfiddle.net/ItsLeeOwen/S3BxD/

If I set $element as the first param in my Controller, it is undefined.  I've been passing $scope as the first param.

[Daniel Nelson]

Hi Lee,

I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve, but I cleaned up your
fiddle a little: http://jsfiddle.net/bluejade/S3BxD/3/

Hopefully that will give you a better starting point to try things out.

Cheers,

Daniel

[Vojta Jína]

It works fine:

http://jsfiddle.net/vojtajina/S3BxD/4/

You should do that inside directive, it would be way simplier.

V.

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[ItsLeeOwen]

Haha, thanks for the example, it is working indeed!