I have a global search variable that is used by the whole app
newspaper.controller("MainController", function($scope) {
$scope.search = {query:''};
});
Then I have a contenteditable div that I want to bind to $scope.search
app.directive('search', function() {
return {
restrict: 'AE',
replace: true,
template: '<div ng-model="query" id="search"></div>',
scope: {
query: '='
},
controller: function($scope) {
// I want to watch the value of the element
$scope.$watch('query', function(newValue, oldValue){
console.log(newValue);
},true);
},
link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
// Medium JS content editable framework
new Medium({
element: element[0],
mode: Medium.inlineMode
});
}
}
});
The watch is not firing when I type new values into the div, I guess Im still confused on how to link a directive with a model. Here's the HTML
<nav ng-controller="MainControllerr">
<search context="search.query"></np-search>
</nav>
Don't think you need the watch. It's bad practise to use watch functions in your controllers anyway as it makes them really hard to test.
Here's a simplified version of what (I think) your trying to do.
index.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 rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<script data-require="[email protected]" src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.2/angular.js" data-semver="1.4.2"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<nav ng-controller="MainController">
<pre>{{query}}</pre>
<search query="query"></search>
</nav>
</body>
</html>
app.js
var app = angular.module('plunker', []);
app.controller("MainController", function($scope) {
$scope.query = {value:''};
});
app.directive('search', function() {
return {
restrict: 'AE',
template: '<input ng-model="query.value" id="search"/>',
scope: {
query: '='
}
}
});
EDIT
If you really want to use a content editable div you'd have to try something like this:
Also, see this SO question from which I've taken and adapted code to create the demo below. Hope it helps.
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="plunker">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
<script>document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');</script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<script data-require="[email protected]" src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.2/angular.js" data-semver="1.4.2"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<nav ng-controller="MainController">
<pre>{{query}}</pre>
<div search contenteditable="true" ng-model="query.value">{{ query.value }}</div>
</nav>
</body>
</html>
app.js
var app = angular.module('plunker', []);
app.controller("MainController", function($scope) { $scope.query = {value:'rrr'}; });
app.directive('search', function() {
return {
restrict: 'AE',
require: 'ngModel',
link: function(scope, element, attrs, ctrl) {
element.bind('blur', function() {
scope.$apply(function() {
ctrl.$setViewValue(element.html());
});
});
element.html(ctrl.$viewValue);
}
}
});