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Can I avoid using $scope and have user actions set AngularJS dirty bit?

I have a table of settings (e.g., check boxes) on a form and the user has the ability to add and remove table rows. theForm.$dirty gets set if the user changes a setting (e.g., checks or unchecks a check box) but not if a row is added to or removed from the table. I have an example at https://plnkr.co/edit/sOXFnZjpkrcExvxGsEVg

I'm a relatively new Angular developer but I've been cautioned that it is not a best practice to reference $scope if one can avoid it. I think that in this case, I could make the controller depend on $scope then invoke $scope.theForm.$setDirty() in the functions which modify the table. I'm not sure if that is my only recourse or if there's a better approach.

Solution

  • Just put form to controller:

    form name="vm.testForm"

    But there is nothing bad if controller depends on scope.