I am creating a new directive and I wondering how to be notified when angular remove the element from the DOM.
My aim is to add a jquery animation when an element is removed.
If you are trying to animate the removal of element you need to do this before it is removed.
I've created a fiddle demonstrating this.
In the first section you listen the $destroy event that angular call to elements that are being removed from DOM.
In the second case I've created a directive that fadeOut and remove the element automatic.
In the third case the directive just fadeOut the element and the removal is passed to controller.
If you want to fadeOut the element that are removed then you can't use the first option.
Between the second and the third I personally suggest the third because it is more flexible.