I have controller MyCtrl and directive myText. When a model in MyCtrl changes, I want to update the textarea of myText directive by inserting the text at current position / caret.
I tried to reuse the code from this Inserting a text where cursor is using Javascript/jquery
My Code:
Here is my HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="plunker">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
<script>document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');</script>
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script data-semver="1.2.10" src=".2.10/angular.js" data-require="[email protected]"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div ng-controller="MyCtrl">
<input ng-model="someInput">
<button ng-click="add()">Add</button>
<p ng-repeat="item in items">Created {{ item }}</p>
</div>
<textarea my-text="">
</textarea>
</body>
</html>
Javascript:
var app = angular.module('plunker', []);
app.controller('MyCtrl', function($scope, $rootScope) {
$scope.items = [];
$scope.add = function() {
$scope.items.push($scope.someInput);
$rootScope.$broadcast('add', $scope.someInput);
}
});
app.directive('myText', ['$rootScope', function($rootScope) {
return {
link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
$rootScope.$on('add', function(e, val) {
console.log('on add');
console.log(val);
if (document.selection) {
element.focus();
var sel = document.selection.createRange();
sel.text = val;
element.focus();
} else if (element.selectionStart || element.selectionStart === 0) {
var startPos = element.selectionStart;
var endPos = element.selectionEnd;
var scrollTop = element.scrollTop;
element.value = element.value.substring(0, startPos) + val + element.value.substring(endPos, element.value.length);
element.focus();
element.selectionStart = startPos + val.length;
element.selectionEnd = startPos + val.length;
element.scrollTop = scrollTop;
} else {
element.value += val;
element.focus();
}
});
}
}
}])
It doesn't work now because element is not the DOM object. Here is the error:
TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'focus'
QUESTION: So my question is how to fix this? Or how to get the real DOM object from angular element object?
I have controller MyCtrl and directive myText. When a model in MyCtrl changes, I want to update the textarea of myText directive by inserting the text at current position / caret.
I tried to reuse the code from this Inserting a text where cursor is using Javascript/jquery
My Code: http://plnkr.co/edit/WfucIVbls2eekL8kUp7e
Here is my HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="plunker">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
<script>document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');</script>
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script data-semver="1.2.10" src="http://code.angularjs.org/1.2.10/angular.js" data-require="[email protected]"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div ng-controller="MyCtrl">
<input ng-model="someInput">
<button ng-click="add()">Add</button>
<p ng-repeat="item in items">Created {{ item }}</p>
</div>
<textarea my-text="">
</textarea>
</body>
</html>
Javascript:
var app = angular.module('plunker', []);
app.controller('MyCtrl', function($scope, $rootScope) {
$scope.items = [];
$scope.add = function() {
$scope.items.push($scope.someInput);
$rootScope.$broadcast('add', $scope.someInput);
}
});
app.directive('myText', ['$rootScope', function($rootScope) {
return {
link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
$rootScope.$on('add', function(e, val) {
console.log('on add');
console.log(val);
if (document.selection) {
element.focus();
var sel = document.selection.createRange();
sel.text = val;
element.focus();
} else if (element.selectionStart || element.selectionStart === 0) {
var startPos = element.selectionStart;
var endPos = element.selectionEnd;
var scrollTop = element.scrollTop;
element.value = element.value.substring(0, startPos) + val + element.value.substring(endPos, element.value.length);
element.focus();
element.selectionStart = startPos + val.length;
element.selectionEnd = startPos + val.length;
element.scrollTop = scrollTop;
} else {
element.value += val;
element.focus();
}
});
}
}
}])
It doesn't work now because element is not the DOM object. Here is the error:
TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'focus'
QUESTION: So my question is how to fix this? Or how to get the real DOM object from angular element object?
Share Improve this question edited May 23, 2017 at 12:18 CommunityBot 11 silver badge asked Jan 28, 2014 at 9:01 HP.HP. 19.9k56 gold badges159 silver badges258 bronze badges2 Answers
Reset to default 11Try:
var domElement = element[0];
DEMO
Short anwser:
element[0]
would give you the actual DOM Element.
Long answer:
angular.element always provides a jqLite selector, which is similiar to a result set given by a jQuery selection. It's a set of HTML elements.
The link function of a method gets called with the following params: scope, element, attrs and ctrl.
element is given as a set of the one DOM Element the directive is attached to. So the first item is the actual HTML Element.
I changed your code so that it should(?) work