I am using Ionic Framework and its grid system (similar to Bootstrap). However, I believe my question is more AngularJS than Ionic ponents.

I have the following:

 <ion-col *ngFor="let col of row.cols"></ion-col>

Note that I must set values for each col dynamically so in case col.size === 2 the above must be rendered as:

 <ion-col *ngFor="let col of row.cols" col-2></ion-col>

One way is to set all cols in advance and call *ngIfs on whichever size I want which seems like an overkill for something simpler. I have also tried to do this: <ion-col *ngFor="let col of row.cols" [attr.col-2]="col.size === 2"></ion-col> With zero luck.

Possible values could be from 1 to 12. Any help is much appreciated! Thanks.

I am using Ionic Framework and its grid system (similar to Bootstrap). However, I believe my question is more AngularJS than Ionic ponents.

I have the following:

 <ion-col *ngFor="let col of row.cols"></ion-col>

Note that I must set values for each col dynamically so in case col.size === 2 the above must be rendered as:

 <ion-col *ngFor="let col of row.cols" col-2></ion-col>

One way is to set all cols in advance and call *ngIfs on whichever size I want which seems like an overkill for something simpler. I have also tried to do this: <ion-col *ngFor="let col of row.cols" [attr.col-2]="col.size === 2"></ion-col> With zero luck.

Possible values could be from 1 to 12. Any help is much appreciated! Thanks.

• javascript
• html
• angular
• ionic-framework
• ionic2

• could you share some sample data for cols – Siddharth Jain Commented Sep 11, 2018 at 10:52
• Which do you mean, AngularJS or Angular? – KaiserKatze Commented Sep 11, 2018 at 10:56
• @user1027620 is it same thing to do <ion-col *ngFor="let col of row.cols" class="col-2"></ion-col> or not the same? – FarukT Commented Sep 11, 2018 at 11:20
• @user1027620 I just realized I didn't quite understand what col.size means. Could you please clarify it? – KaiserKatze Commented Sep 11, 2018 at 11:57

4 Answers 4

You can add directive

import { Directive, ElementRef, Renderer, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';

@Directive({
  selector: '[dynamic-col]'
})

export class DynamicColDirective implements OnInit {
  @Input('dynamic-col') value: string;

  constructor(private el: ElementRef, private _renderer: Renderer) {}

  ngOnInit() {
    this._renderer.setElementAttribute(this.el.nativeElement, 'col-' + this.value, '');
  }
}

And then:

<ion-col *ngFor="let col of row.cols; let i = index" dynamic-col="{{i}}"></ion-col>

I hope this helps you.

Have you considered using ng-container's? They could be perfect as they don't display in the DOM.

This will still create all of your ion-col's as if they were generated using your original code but allow you to add attributes to the root element of the loop.

<ng-container *ngFor="let col of row.cols">
    <ion-col col-{{col.col-size}}></ion-col>
</ng-container>

If you have the array below:

{
  "rows": {
    "cols": {
      {
        "col-size": "2"
      },
      {
        "col-size": "4"
      },
      {
        "col-size": "6"
      }
    }
  }
}

The HTML then output is like below:

<ion-col col-2></ion-col>
<ion-col col-4></ion-col>
<ion-col col-6></ion-col>

• Tutorial On ng-container

You can do this in typescript and bind to the innerHtml attribute:

ponent.ts:

  rows = {
    cols: [
      { "size": "1" },
      { "size": "3" },
      { "size": "5" }
    ]
  }
  html: string = '';

  constructor(public navCtrl: NavController) {
    this.rows.cols.map((col) => {
      this.html += '<ion-col class="col" col-' + col.size + '></ion-col>'
    });
  }
  ...

ponent.html:

  <div [innerHTML]="html | safeHtml"></div>
  ...

using pipe to disable Angular’s built-in sanitization.

safeHtml.pipe.ts:

@Pipe({name: 'safeHtml'})
export class Safe {
  constructor(private sanitizer:DomSanitizer){}

  transform(value) {
    return this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustHtml(value);
    // return this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustStyle(value);
    // return this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustXxx(style); - see DomSanitizer docs
  }
}

See also:

• Angular Docs
• In RC.1 some styles can't be added using binding syntax
• Angular safe pipe implementation to bypass DomSanitizer stripping out content
• Angular DomSanitizer

In your question, you asked for AngularJS solution, but in your code you demonstrated Angular example instead. I want to make sure you understand that they are very different from each other.

The following code is taken from the project of my chess game, using AngularJS:

HTML Template

<main class="container">
    <div>
        <button class="btn btn-primary center" ng-click="startGame()">Start Chess</button>
    </div>
    <div class="game-board center">
        <div class="game-board-row" ng-repeat="row in rows">
            <div class="game-board-grid" ng-repeat="col in cols" data-x="{{ col }}" data-y="{{ row }}" ng-click="click(this);">
                <div class="piece" data-text-color="{{ game.data.grids[row][col].value.group }}" data-bg-color="game.data.grids[row][col].occupied">{{ game.data.grids[row][col].value.text }}</div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</main>

JavaScript (AngularJS)

<script type="text/javascript">
    let app = angular.module('game', []);
    app.run(($rootScope) => {
        $rootScope.rows = ['0', '1', '2', '3'];
        $rootScope.cols = ['0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12'];
    });
</script>

If you are using Angular instead, change the code into the following style:

HTML Template

<main class="container">
    <div>
        <button class="btn btn-primary center" (click)="startGame()">Start Chess</button>
    </div>
    <div class="game-board center">
        <div class="game-board-row" *ngFor="row in rows">
            <div class="game-board-grid" *ngFor="col in cols" [data-x]="col" [data-y]="row" (click)="click(this);">
                <div class="piece" [data-text-color]="game.data.grids[row][col].value.group" [data-bg-color]="game.data.grids[row][col].occupied">{{ game.data.grids[row][col].value.text }}</div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</main>

JavaScript (Angular)

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-game',
  templateUrl: './game.ponent.html',
  styleUrls: ['./game.ponent.scss']
})
export class GameComponent implements OnInit {

  rows = ['0', '1', '2', '3'];
  cols = ['0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12'];

  constructor() { }

  ngOnInit() {
  }

}

When you want to select those grids with CSS, you need attribute selector! For example:

[data-x="1"][data-y="2"] {
    /* This selects the grid located at (1, 2) */
}