directive - template can't access controller var?

[Jonathan Price]

I've got this fiddle to illustrate my problem:

http://jsfiddle.net/d34cv9a6/1/

It's a simple directive for a reusable select element.  I can't seem to access a 'this.var' that's defined in the controller from within the template?  Anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

[Sander Elias]

The this var in the template is never a controller. It's in most cases the current scope, but don't depend/use it that way!

easiest way, use controllerAs, as shown in your adapted fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/dyL6gLze/

Regards

Sander

[Puritan Paul]

Aha!  Thank you!

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[Puritan Paul]

So, the .push calls in the fiddle were just a replacement for an $http call in my code.  Now that the controllerAs bit is working, I’m seeing a timing issue in my code.  I can see the http call returning the array I expect, but it isn’t making it into the template.  Here’s the replacement code for the to push lines:

                $http.get('index.cfm?action=api.getCustomers')

                    .success(function(customers) {$log.log(customers); this.customers = customers})

                    .error();

                $log.log("last log");

                $log.log(this.customers);

I’m seeing the  $log.log(customers)  from the http call show in console AFTER I see the ‘last log’ and the empty this.customers array.

Am I missing something about the compile timing?  I still don’t fully understand the best way to handle this.

Thanks again for the help.

On Aug 28, 2014, at 3:39 AM, Sander Elias <sande...@gmail.com> wrote: