I would like to use the $locationProvider service in AngularJS without rendering a new HTML template in my ng-view.
I have a div element that is shown on demand via ng-show binding to the existence of a data element. I would like to wire this to the browser location via the $locationProvider but stay within the same template.
Template:
<div> other stuff ... </div>
<div ng-show="model">{{ model.element }}</div>
Controller:
Controller = function($scope, $location) {
$scope.show = function() {
$scope.model = model; // show div
}
$scope.hide = function() {
$scope.model = null; // hide div
}
}
I can't figure out how to integrate the $location service in this. AngularJS also overwrites the location if it is set with history.pushState directly.
Use the source, Luke :-) http://code.angularjs.org/1.0.0/angular-1.0.0.js
If you look at the ngViewDirective (which is actually super simple), it just catches the '$routeChangeSuccess' event and changes view accordingly.
So you could catch $routeChangeSuccess and then inject $route into your controller, check if the new route is the one you want, and show accordingly. (I think :D)
This might work (untested):
//declare a route so angular knows to broadcast about it when it's hit
//We aren't declaring any actions for the route though,
//since below we define custom actions
myApp.config(function($routeProvider) {
$routeProvider.when('/superman', {});
});
function SupermanCtrl($scope, $route) {
$scope.$on('$routeChangeSuccess', function() {
//If this doesn't work, console.log $route.current to see how it's formatted
if ($route.current == '/superman')
$scope.show = true;
else
$scope.show = false;
});
}
I hope it works, and if it doesn't it should be enough to start with. I encourage you to read the ngViewDirective, and if this doesn't work search for '$routeChangeSuccess' and figure out how/why it gets broadcasted.