In AngularJS, I have the following scenario where a directive can accept an optional boolean parameter which should default to true by default, whenever it is not specified.
Example:
<my-directive data-allow-something="false">
... this works as expected as no default value should be set in this case ...
</my-directive>
<my-directive>
... but in this case i'd like allowSomething to equal true ...
</my-directive>
I've tried the following approach, but for some reason the true value doesn't stick on allowSomething. making it a '=?' optional two way binding doesn't work neither as my passed value should be a concrete true/false and not a field reference.
angular.module('myApp').directive('myDirective') {
...
controller: function($scope){
if (!$scope.allowSomething)
$scope.allowSomething = true;
},
....
scope: function(){
allowSomething: '@'
}
...
}
I'm sure there should be a simple way to achieve this, so what am i missing?
The solutions given at the following ticket: AngularJS directive with default options are not sufficient for my needs since the $compile function will prevent the link function from working. plus, the passed-in boolean value is not a reference type and i cannot give it a two-way binding.
I think a better way to check that value is look for an undefined value like this:
controller: function($scope){
if (angular.isUndefined($scope.allowSomething))
$scope.allowSomething = true;
}
I had the same issue once and this worked for me. I think the best method is to use angular's methods for handling things.
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