I have written the following piece of code to display some contents in angular material dialog box. it works fine when i add plain text to textContent . when i add HTML its displays HTML as text. how do i bind HTML to textContent
This Works
Sample Link
$scope.Modal = function () {
$mdDialog.show(
$mdDialog.alert()
.parent(angular.element(document.querySelector('body')))
.clickOutsideToClose(true)
.textContent('sample text')
.ok('Ok')
);
}
This Doesn't Works
Sample Link
$scope.Modal = function () {
$mdDialog.show(
$mdDialog.alert()
.parent(angular.element(document.querySelector('body')))
.clickOutsideToClose(true)
.textContent('<div class="test"><p>Sample text</p></div>')
.ok('Ok')
);
}
Thanks in advance
You need to append to the template,
$mdDialog.show({
parent: angular.element(document.body),
clickOutsideToClose: true,
template: '<md-dialog md-theme="mytheme">' +
' <md-dialog-content>' +
'<div class="test"><p>Sample text</p></div>' +
' <md-button ng-click="closeDialog();">Close</md-button>' +
' </md-dialog-content>' +
'</md-dialog>',
locals: {
},
controller: DialogController
});
DEMO
You can add html in template and just add variable in displayOption. This will work.
Template Code
<script type="text/ng-template" id="confirm-dialog-answer.html">
<md-dialog aria-label="confirm-dialog">
<form>
<md-dialog-content>
<div>
<h2 class="md-title">{{displayOption.title}}</h2>
<p>{{displayOption.content}} <img src="{{displayOption.fruitimg}}"/></p>
<p>{{displayOption.comment}}</p>
</div>
</md-dialog-content>
<div class="md-actions" layout="row">
<a class="md-primary-color dialog-action-btn" ng-click="cancel()">
{{displayOption.cancel}}
</a>
<a class="md-primary-color dialog-action-btn" ng-click="ok()">
{{displayOption.ok}}
</a>
</div>
</form>
</md-dialog>
</script>
Controller Code
$mdDialog.show({
controller: 'DialogController',
templateUrl: 'confirm-dialog-answer.html',
locals: {
displayOption: {
title: "OOPS !!",
content: "You have given correct answer. You earned "+$scope.lastattemptEarnCount,
comment : "Note:- "+$scope.comment,
fruitimg : "img/fruit/"+$scope.fruitname+".png",
ok: "Ok"
}
}
}).then(function () {
alert('Ok clicked');
});
Use template instead of textContent, textContent is used for show plan text in a model. It does not render HTML code
$mdDialog.show({
controller: function ($scope) {
$scope.msg = msg ? msg : 'Loading...';
},
template: 'div class="test"><p>{{msg}}</p></div>',
parent: angular.element(document.body),
clickOutsideToClose: false,
fullscreen: false
});
You can use htmlContent instead of textContent to render HTML. Heres an excerpt from the documentation available at https://material.angularjs.org/latest/#mddialog-alert
$mdDialogPreset#htmlContent(string) - Sets the alert message as HTML.
Requires ngSanitize module to be loaded. HTML is not run through
Angular's compiler.
It seems a bit counter intuitive to use a template when you only need to inject one or two things in. To avoid using a template, you need to include 'ngSanitize' for it to work.
angular.module('myApp',['ngMaterial', 'ngSanitize'])
.controller('btnTest',function($mdDialog,$scope){
var someHTML = "<font>This is a test</font>";
$scope.showConfirm = function(ev) {
// Appending dialog to document.body to cover sidenav in docs app
var confirm = $mdDialog.confirm()
.title('Please confirm the following')
.htmlContent(someHTML)
.ariaLabel('Lucky day')
.targetEvent(ev)
.ok('Please do it!')
.cancel('Sounds like a scam');
//Switch between .htmlContent and .textContent. You will see htmlContent doesn't display dialogbox, textContent does.
$mdDialog.show(confirm).then(function() {
$scope.status = 'Saving Data';
},
function() {
$scope.status = 'You decided to keep your debt.';
});
};
})
Notice the injected HTML:
var someHTML = "<font>This is a test</font>";
I found this example here.
The latest version of Angular Material Design API has predefined function for add HTML content to the alert dialog:
an $mdDialogPreset with the chainable configuration methods:
$mdDialogPreset#title(string) - Sets the alert title.
$mdDialogPreset#textContent(string) - Sets the alert message.
$mdDialogPreset#htmlContent(string) - Sets the alert message as HTML. Requires ngSanitize module to be loaded. HTML is not run through Angular's compiler.
$mdDialogPreset#ok(string) - Sets the alert "Okay" button text.
$mdDialogPreset#theme(string) - Sets the theme of the alert dialog.
$mdDialogPreset#targetEvent(DOMClickEvent=) - A click's event object. When passed in as an option, the location of the click will be used as the starting point for the opening animation of the the dialog.
The link to the documentation: Angular MD API
Related
Here is my simplified template:
<div>
<img ng-click="addSubPlots($event)"
data-status="add"
src="abc.svg" />
</div>
And here is a directive that loads that template:
a.directive("trendChartToolbar", function ($templateRequest, $compile) {
return {
link: function (scope, elem, attrs) {
$templateRequest('template.html').then(function (html) {
var template = angular.element(html);
$(elem).append(template);
template = $compile(template)(scope);
});
}
};
});
My expectation was that I would be able to access template's dataset and modify the 'status' key. But when I check it the dataset is empty. I know that Angular removes 'data-' but I also dont see any 'status' anywhere. Any idea how to make something like this working? The reason I am trying this is when I click on a button I need to get button's status. Here is code I am using in the controller:
$scope.addSubPlots = function(event){
console.log(event.target.dataset.status);
}
Please share some ideas.
Thanks
Is it possible to create an HTML fragment in an AngularJS controller and have this HTML shown in the view?
This comes from a requirement to turn an inconsistent JSON blob into a nested list of id: value pairs. Therefore the HTML is created in the controller and I am now looking to display it.
I have created a model property, but cannot render this in the view without it just printing the HTML.
Update
It appears that the problem arises from angular rendering the created HTML as a string within quotes. Will attempt to find a way around this.
Example controller :
var SomeController = function () {
this.customHtml = '<ul><li>render me please</li></ul>';
}
Example view :
<div ng:bind="customHtml"></div>
Gives :
<div>
"<ul><li>render me please</li></ul>"
</div>
For Angular 1.x, use ng-bind-html in the HTML:
<div ng-bind-html="thisCanBeusedInsideNgBindHtml"></div>
At this point you would get a attempting to use an unsafe value in a safe context error so you need to either use ngSanitize or $sce to resolve that.
$sce
Use $sce.trustAsHtml() in the controller to convert the html string.
$scope.thisCanBeusedInsideNgBindHtml = $sce.trustAsHtml(someHtmlVar);
ngSanitize
There are 2 steps:
include the angular-sanitize.min.js resource, i.e.:
<script src="lib/angular/angular-sanitize.min.js"></script>
In a js file (controller or usually app.js), include ngSanitize, i.e.:
angular.module('myApp', ['myApp.filters', 'myApp.services',
'myApp.directives', 'ngSanitize'])
You can also create a filter like so:
var app = angular.module("demoApp", ['ngResource']);
app.filter("trust", ['$sce', function($sce) {
return function(htmlCode){
return $sce.trustAsHtml(htmlCode);
}
}]);
Then in the view
<div ng-bind-html="trusted_html_variable | trust"></div>
Note: This filter trusts any and all html passed to it, and could present an XSS vulnerability if variables with user input are passed to it.
Angular JS shows HTML within the tag
The solution provided in the above link worked for me, none of the options on this thread did. For anyone looking for the same thing with AngularJS version 1.2.9
Here's a copy:
Ok I found solution for this:
JS:
$scope.renderHtml = function(html_code)
{
return $sce.trustAsHtml(html_code);
};
HTML:
<p ng-bind-html="renderHtml(value.button)"></p>
EDIT:
Here's the set up:
JS file:
angular.module('MyModule').controller('MyController', ['$scope', '$http', '$sce',
function ($scope, $http, $sce) {
$scope.renderHtml = function (htmlCode) {
return $sce.trustAsHtml(htmlCode);
};
$scope.body = '<div style="width:200px; height:200px; border:1px solid blue;"></div>';
}]);
HTML file:
<div ng-controller="MyController">
<div ng-bind-html="renderHtml(body)"></div>
</div>
Fortunately, you don't need any fancy filters or unsafe methods to avoid that error message. This is the complete implementation to properly output HTML markup in a view in the intended and safe way.
The sanitize module must be included after Angular:
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.26/angular.js"></script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.26/angular-sanitize.js"></script>
Then, the module must be loaded:
angular.module('app', [
'ngSanitize'
]);
This will allow you to include markup in a string from a controller, directive, etc:
scope.message = "<strong>42</strong> is the <em>answer</em>.";
Finally, in a template, it must be output like so:
<p ng-bind-html="message"></p>
Which will produce the expected output: 42 is the answer.
I have tried today, the only way I found was this
<div ng-bind-html-unsafe="expression"></div>
ng-bind-html-unsafe no longer works.
This is the shortest way:
Create a filter:
myApp.filter('unsafe', function($sce) { return $sce.trustAsHtml; });
And in your view:
<div ng-bind-html="customHtml | unsafe"></div>
P.S. This method doesn't require you to include the ngSanitize module.
on html
<div ng-controller="myAppController as myCtrl">
<div ng-bind-html-unsafe="myCtrl.comment.msg"></div>
OR
<div ng-bind-html="myCtrl.comment.msg"></div
on controller
mySceApp.controller("myAppController", function myAppController( $sce) {
this.myCtrl.comment.msg = $sce.trustAsHtml(html);
works also with $scope.comment.msg = $sce.trustAsHtml(html);
I found that using ng-sanitize did not allow me to add ng-click in the html.
To solve this I added a directive. Like this:
app.directive('htmldiv', function($compile, $parse) {
return {
restrict: 'E',
link: function(scope, element, attr) {
scope.$watch(attr.content, function() {
element.html($parse(attr.content)(scope));
$compile(element.contents())(scope);
}, true);
}
}
});
And this is the HTML:
<htmldiv content="theContent"></htmldiv>
Good luck.
Just did this using ngBindHtml by following angular(v1.4) docs,
<div ng-bind-html="expression"></div>
and expression can be "<ul><li>render me please</li></ul>"
Make sure you include ngSanitize in the module's dependencies.
Then it should work fine.
Another solution, very similar to blrbr's except using a scoped attribute is:
angular.module('app')
.directive('renderHtml', ['$compile', function ($compile) {
return {
restrict: 'E',
scope: {
html: '='
},
link: function postLink(scope, element, attrs) {
function appendHtml() {
if(scope.html) {
var newElement = angular.element(scope.html);
$compile(newElement)(scope);
element.append(newElement);
}
}
scope.$watch(function() { return scope.html }, appendHtml);
}
};
}]);
And then
<render-html html="htmlAsString"></render-html>
Note you may replace element.append() with element.replaceWith()
there is one more solution for this problem using creating new attribute or directives in angular.
product-specs.html
<h4>Specs</h4>
<ul class="list-unstyled">
<li>
<strong>Shine</strong>
: {{product.shine}}</li>
<li>
<strong>Faces</strong>
: {{product.faces}}</li>
<li>
<strong>Rarity</strong>
: {{product.rarity}}</li>
<li>
<strong>Color</strong>
: {{product.color}}</li>
</ul>
app.js
(function() {
var app = angular.module('gemStore', []);
app.directive(" <div ng-show="tab.isSet(2)" product-specs>", function() {
return {
restrict: 'E',
templateUrl: "product-specs.html"
};
});
index.html
<div>
<product-specs> </product-specs>//it will load product-specs.html file here.
</div>
or
<div product-specs>//it will add product-specs.html file
or
<div ng-include="product-description.html"></div>
https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/directive
you can also use ng-include.
<div class="col-sm-9 TabContent_container" ng-include="template/custom.html">
</div>
you can use "ng-show" to show hide this template data.
here is the solution make a filter like this
.filter('trusted',
function($sce) {
return function(ss) {
return $sce.trustAsHtml(ss)
};
}
)
and apply this as a filter to the ng-bind-html like
<div ng-bind-html="code | trusted">
and thank to Ruben Decrop
Use
<div ng-bind-html="customHtml"></div>
and
angular.module('MyApp', ['ngSanitize']);
For that, you need to include angular-sanitize.js,
for example in your html-file with
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.0/angular-sanitize.js"></script>
Here's a simple (and unsafe) bind-as-html directive, without the need for ngSanitize:
myModule.directive('bindAsHtml', function () {
return {
link: function (scope, element, attributes) {
element.html(scope.$eval(attributes.bindAsHtml));
}
};
});
Note that this will open up for security issues, if binding untrusted content.
Use like so:
<div bind-as-html="someHtmlInScope"></div>
Working example with pipe to display html in template with Angular 4.
1.Crated Pipe escape-html.pipe.ts
`
import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '#angular/core';
import { DomSanitizer } from '#angular/platform-browser';
#Pipe({name : 'keepHtml', pure : false})
export class EscapeHtmlPipe implements PipeTransform{
constructor(private sanitizer : DomSanitizer){
}
transform(content){
return this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustHtml(content);
}
}
`
2. Register pipe to app.module.ts
import {EscapeHtmlPipe} from './components/pipes/escape-html.pipe';
declarations: [...,EscapeHtmlPipe]
Use in your template
<div class="demoPipe" [innerHtml]="getDivHtml(obj.header) | keepHtml">
getDivHtml() { //can return html as per requirement}
Please add appropriate implementation for getDivHtml in associated component.ts file.
Just simple use [innerHTML], like below:
<div [innerHTML]="htmlString"></div>
Before you needed to use ng-bind-html...
Is it possible to create an HTML fragment in an AngularJS controller and have this HTML shown in the view?
This comes from a requirement to turn an inconsistent JSON blob into a nested list of id: value pairs. Therefore the HTML is created in the controller and I am now looking to display it.
I have created a model property, but cannot render this in the view without it just printing the HTML.
Update
It appears that the problem arises from angular rendering the created HTML as a string within quotes. Will attempt to find a way around this.
Example controller :
var SomeController = function () {
this.customHtml = '<ul><li>render me please</li></ul>';
}
Example view :
<div ng:bind="customHtml"></div>
Gives :
<div>
"<ul><li>render me please</li></ul>"
</div>
For Angular 1.x, use ng-bind-html in the HTML:
<div ng-bind-html="thisCanBeusedInsideNgBindHtml"></div>
At this point you would get a attempting to use an unsafe value in a safe context error so you need to either use ngSanitize or $sce to resolve that.
$sce
Use $sce.trustAsHtml() in the controller to convert the html string.
$scope.thisCanBeusedInsideNgBindHtml = $sce.trustAsHtml(someHtmlVar);
ngSanitize
There are 2 steps:
include the angular-sanitize.min.js resource, i.e.:
<script src="lib/angular/angular-sanitize.min.js"></script>
In a js file (controller or usually app.js), include ngSanitize, i.e.:
angular.module('myApp', ['myApp.filters', 'myApp.services',
'myApp.directives', 'ngSanitize'])
You can also create a filter like so:
var app = angular.module("demoApp", ['ngResource']);
app.filter("trust", ['$sce', function($sce) {
return function(htmlCode){
return $sce.trustAsHtml(htmlCode);
}
}]);
Then in the view
<div ng-bind-html="trusted_html_variable | trust"></div>
Note: This filter trusts any and all html passed to it, and could present an XSS vulnerability if variables with user input are passed to it.
Angular JS shows HTML within the tag
The solution provided in the above link worked for me, none of the options on this thread did. For anyone looking for the same thing with AngularJS version 1.2.9
Here's a copy:
Ok I found solution for this:
JS:
$scope.renderHtml = function(html_code)
{
return $sce.trustAsHtml(html_code);
};
HTML:
<p ng-bind-html="renderHtml(value.button)"></p>
EDIT:
Here's the set up:
JS file:
angular.module('MyModule').controller('MyController', ['$scope', '$http', '$sce',
function ($scope, $http, $sce) {
$scope.renderHtml = function (htmlCode) {
return $sce.trustAsHtml(htmlCode);
};
$scope.body = '<div style="width:200px; height:200px; border:1px solid blue;"></div>';
}]);
HTML file:
<div ng-controller="MyController">
<div ng-bind-html="renderHtml(body)"></div>
</div>
Fortunately, you don't need any fancy filters or unsafe methods to avoid that error message. This is the complete implementation to properly output HTML markup in a view in the intended and safe way.
The sanitize module must be included after Angular:
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.26/angular.js"></script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.26/angular-sanitize.js"></script>
Then, the module must be loaded:
angular.module('app', [
'ngSanitize'
]);
This will allow you to include markup in a string from a controller, directive, etc:
scope.message = "<strong>42</strong> is the <em>answer</em>.";
Finally, in a template, it must be output like so:
<p ng-bind-html="message"></p>
Which will produce the expected output: 42 is the answer.
I have tried today, the only way I found was this
<div ng-bind-html-unsafe="expression"></div>
ng-bind-html-unsafe no longer works.
This is the shortest way:
Create a filter:
myApp.filter('unsafe', function($sce) { return $sce.trustAsHtml; });
And in your view:
<div ng-bind-html="customHtml | unsafe"></div>
P.S. This method doesn't require you to include the ngSanitize module.
on html
<div ng-controller="myAppController as myCtrl">
<div ng-bind-html-unsafe="myCtrl.comment.msg"></div>
OR
<div ng-bind-html="myCtrl.comment.msg"></div
on controller
mySceApp.controller("myAppController", function myAppController( $sce) {
this.myCtrl.comment.msg = $sce.trustAsHtml(html);
works also with $scope.comment.msg = $sce.trustAsHtml(html);
I found that using ng-sanitize did not allow me to add ng-click in the html.
To solve this I added a directive. Like this:
app.directive('htmldiv', function($compile, $parse) {
return {
restrict: 'E',
link: function(scope, element, attr) {
scope.$watch(attr.content, function() {
element.html($parse(attr.content)(scope));
$compile(element.contents())(scope);
}, true);
}
}
});
And this is the HTML:
<htmldiv content="theContent"></htmldiv>
Good luck.
Just did this using ngBindHtml by following angular(v1.4) docs,
<div ng-bind-html="expression"></div>
and expression can be "<ul><li>render me please</li></ul>"
Make sure you include ngSanitize in the module's dependencies.
Then it should work fine.
Another solution, very similar to blrbr's except using a scoped attribute is:
angular.module('app')
.directive('renderHtml', ['$compile', function ($compile) {
return {
restrict: 'E',
scope: {
html: '='
},
link: function postLink(scope, element, attrs) {
function appendHtml() {
if(scope.html) {
var newElement = angular.element(scope.html);
$compile(newElement)(scope);
element.append(newElement);
}
}
scope.$watch(function() { return scope.html }, appendHtml);
}
};
}]);
And then
<render-html html="htmlAsString"></render-html>
Note you may replace element.append() with element.replaceWith()
there is one more solution for this problem using creating new attribute or directives in angular.
product-specs.html
<h4>Specs</h4>
<ul class="list-unstyled">
<li>
<strong>Shine</strong>
: {{product.shine}}</li>
<li>
<strong>Faces</strong>
: {{product.faces}}</li>
<li>
<strong>Rarity</strong>
: {{product.rarity}}</li>
<li>
<strong>Color</strong>
: {{product.color}}</li>
</ul>
app.js
(function() {
var app = angular.module('gemStore', []);
app.directive(" <div ng-show="tab.isSet(2)" product-specs>", function() {
return {
restrict: 'E',
templateUrl: "product-specs.html"
};
});
index.html
<div>
<product-specs> </product-specs>//it will load product-specs.html file here.
</div>
or
<div product-specs>//it will add product-specs.html file
or
<div ng-include="product-description.html"></div>
https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/directive
you can also use ng-include.
<div class="col-sm-9 TabContent_container" ng-include="template/custom.html">
</div>
you can use "ng-show" to show hide this template data.
here is the solution make a filter like this
.filter('trusted',
function($sce) {
return function(ss) {
return $sce.trustAsHtml(ss)
};
}
)
and apply this as a filter to the ng-bind-html like
<div ng-bind-html="code | trusted">
and thank to Ruben Decrop
Use
<div ng-bind-html="customHtml"></div>
and
angular.module('MyApp', ['ngSanitize']);
For that, you need to include angular-sanitize.js,
for example in your html-file with
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.0/angular-sanitize.js"></script>
Here's a simple (and unsafe) bind-as-html directive, without the need for ngSanitize:
myModule.directive('bindAsHtml', function () {
return {
link: function (scope, element, attributes) {
element.html(scope.$eval(attributes.bindAsHtml));
}
};
});
Note that this will open up for security issues, if binding untrusted content.
Use like so:
<div bind-as-html="someHtmlInScope"></div>
Working example with pipe to display html in template with Angular 4.
1.Crated Pipe escape-html.pipe.ts
`
import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '#angular/core';
import { DomSanitizer } from '#angular/platform-browser';
#Pipe({name : 'keepHtml', pure : false})
export class EscapeHtmlPipe implements PipeTransform{
constructor(private sanitizer : DomSanitizer){
}
transform(content){
return this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustHtml(content);
}
}
`
2. Register pipe to app.module.ts
import {EscapeHtmlPipe} from './components/pipes/escape-html.pipe';
declarations: [...,EscapeHtmlPipe]
Use in your template
<div class="demoPipe" [innerHtml]="getDivHtml(obj.header) | keepHtml">
getDivHtml() { //can return html as per requirement}
Please add appropriate implementation for getDivHtml in associated component.ts file.
Just simple use [innerHTML], like below:
<div [innerHTML]="htmlString"></div>
Before you needed to use ng-bind-html...
I am showing a flash error message if a mobile number is not validated.
Flash message as "Mobile number not validated. click here to validate".
But I want to display the same error message with "click here" as the hyper link which will redirect me to the top of the page.
if (res.json.response.mobilevalidated == false) {
FlashService.Error("Mobile number not validated." + ( click here ) +" to validate", false);
$scope.disabled = function() {
$scope.model.disabled = true;
$scope.title = "Cannot access until mobile number is validated.";
}
} else {
$scope.model.disabled = false;
}
How can I use html tags inside the controller? As my error message is a dynamic one.
Use ng-include.
Js add
$scope.includePath = function () {
`templateUrl="..../your template path"`
};
HTML
<div ng-include="includePath" > New html is here </div>
Here in this case you can use <button> if you want to give click event.
HTML
<div ng-class="{ 'alert': flash, 'alert-success': flash.type === 'success', 'alert-danger': flash.type === 'error', 'selected': hlink}" ng-click = "linking()" ng-if="flash" ng-bind="flash.message" style="margin-top: 20px; ">
</div>
My Controller
if (res.json.response.mobilevalidated == false) {
$scope.linking = function(){
$location.path('/otp');
}
$scope.hlink =" click here";
FlashService.Error("Mobile number not validated." + $scope.hlink +" to validate" , false);
}
What you are looking for can be achieved using $sce that is included in Angular. Take a look at the Documentation here: https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/service/$sce
You basically define your HTML string as trusted in the Controller like this: $sce.trustAsHtml(Stackoverflow") and bind it in the template using ng-bind-html like <span ng-bind-html="mySuperCoolLink"></span>.
There is an example in the documentation liked above.
Edit:
Your function FlashService.Error receives an invalid string. You use string concatenation to include your HTML link, however, that only works if your HTML link is stored in a variable. So you have to do one of the following:
A)
FlashService.Error("Mobile number not validated. click here ) to validate", false);
or B)
var link = "( click here )";
FlashService.Error("Mobile number not validated." + link + " to validate", false);
In your provided code, the JS engine will recognise the round brackets as they are valid JS, but not the pointy brackets (I forgot their name...).
Edit 2:
Plunkr: https://plnkr.co/edit/WzzWtnJW98u3e7eTLn2q?p=preview
The Situation
Nested within our Angular app is a directive called Page, backed by a controller, which contains a div with an ng-bind-html-unsafe attribute. This is assigned to a $scope var called 'pageContent'. This var gets assigned dynamically generated HTML from a database. When the user flips to the next page, a called to the DB is made, and the pageContent var is set to this new HTML, which gets rendered onscreen through ng-bind-html-unsafe. Here's the code:
Page directive
angular.module('myApp.directives')
.directive('myPage', function ($compile) {
return {
templateUrl: 'page.html',
restrict: 'E',
compile: function compile(element, attrs, transclude) {
// does nothing currently
return {
pre: function preLink(scope, element, attrs, controller) {
// does nothing currently
},
post: function postLink(scope, element, attrs, controller) {
// does nothing currently
}
}
}
};
});
Page directive's template ("page.html" from the templateUrl property above)
<div ng-controller="PageCtrl" >
...
<!-- dynamic page content written into the div below -->
<div ng-bind-html-unsafe="pageContent" >
...
</div>
Page controller
angular.module('myApp')
.controller('PageCtrl', function ($scope) {
$scope.pageContent = '';
$scope.$on( "receivedPageContent", function(event, args) {
console.log( 'new page content received after DB call' );
$scope.pageContent = args.htmlStrFromDB;
});
});
That works. We see the page's HTML from the DB rendered nicely in the browser. When the user flips to the next page, we see the next page's content, and so on. So far so good.
The Problem
The problem here is that we want to have interactive content inside of a page's content. For instance, the HTML may contain a thumbnail image where, when the user clicks on it, Angular should do something awesome, such as displaying a pop-up modal window. I've placed Angular method calls (ng-click) in the HTML strings in our database, but of course Angular isn't going to recognize either method calls or directives unless it somehow parses the HTML string, recognizes them and compiles them.
In our DB
Content for Page 1:
<p>Here's a cool pic of a lion. <img src="lion.png" ng-click="doSomethingAwesone('lion', 'showImage')" > Click on him to see a large image.</p>
Content for Page 2:
<p>Here's a snake. <img src="snake.png" ng-click="doSomethingAwesone('snake', 'playSound')" >Click to make him hiss.</p>
Back in the Page controller, we then add the corresponding $scope function:
Page controller
$scope.doSomethingAwesome = function( id, action ) {
console.log( "Going to do " + action + " with "+ id );
}
I can't figure out how to call that 'doSomethingAwesome' method from within the HTML string from the DB. I realize Angular has to parse the HTML string somehow, but how? I've read vague mumblings about the $compile service, and copied and pasted some examples, but nothing works. Also, most examples show dynamic content only getting set during the linking phase of the directive. We would want Page to stay alive throughout the life of the app. It constantly receives, compiles and displays new content as the user flips through pages.
In an abstract sense, I guess you could say we are trying to dynamically nest chunks of Angular within an Angular app, and need to be able to swap them in and out.
I've read various bits of Angular documentation multiple times, as well as all sorts of blog posts, and JS Fiddled with people's code. I don't know whether I'm completely misunderstanding Angular, or just missing something simple, or maybe I'm slow. In any case, I could use some advice.
ng-bind-html-unsafe only renders the content as HTML. It doesn't bind Angular scope to the resulted DOM. You have to use $compile service for that purpose. I created this plunker to demonstrate how to use $compile to create a directive rendering dynamic HTML entered by users and binding to the controller's scope. The source is posted below.
demo.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="app">
<head>
<script data-require="angular.js#1.0.7" data-semver="1.0.7" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.js"></script>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Compile dynamic HTML</h1>
<div ng-controller="MyController">
<textarea ng-model="html"></textarea>
<div dynamic="html"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
script.js
var app = angular.module('app', []);
app.directive('dynamic', function ($compile) {
return {
restrict: 'A',
replace: true,
link: function (scope, ele, attrs) {
scope.$watch(attrs.dynamic, function(html) {
ele.html(html);
$compile(ele.contents())(scope);
});
}
};
});
function MyController($scope) {
$scope.click = function(arg) {
alert('Clicked ' + arg);
}
$scope.html = '<a ng-click="click(1)" href="#">Click me</a>';
}
In angular 1.2.10 the line scope.$watch(attrs.dynamic, function(html) { was returning an invalid character error because it was trying to watch the value of attrs.dynamic which was html text.
I fixed that by fetching the attribute from the scope property
scope: { dynamic: '=dynamic'},
My example
angular.module('app')
.directive('dynamic', function ($compile) {
return {
restrict: 'A',
replace: true,
scope: { dynamic: '=dynamic'},
link: function postLink(scope, element, attrs) {
scope.$watch( 'dynamic' , function(html){
element.html(html);
$compile(element.contents())(scope);
});
}
};
});
Found in a google discussion group. Works for me.
var $injector = angular.injector(['ng', 'myApp']);
$injector.invoke(function($rootScope, $compile) {
$compile(element)($rootScope);
});
You can use
ng-bind-html https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/service/$sce
directive to bind html dynamically.
However you have to get the data via $sce service.
Please see the live demo at http://plnkr.co/edit/k4s3Bx
var app = angular.module('plunker', []);
app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope,$sce) {
$scope.getHtml=function(){
return $sce.trustAsHtml("<b>Hi Rupesh hi <u>dfdfdfdf</u>!</b>sdafsdfsdf<button>dfdfasdf</button>");
}
});
<body ng-controller="MainCtrl">
<span ng-bind-html="getHtml()"></span>
</body>
Try this below code for binding html through attr
.directive('dynamic', function ($compile) {
return {
restrict: 'A',
replace: true,
scope: { dynamic: '=dynamic'},
link: function postLink(scope, element, attrs) {
scope.$watch( 'attrs.dynamic' , function(html){
element.html(scope.dynamic);
$compile(element.contents())(scope);
});
}
};
});
Try this element.html(scope.dynamic);
than element.html(attr.dynamic);