So I have an ng-click nested within another ng-click in order to build a nav menu. On each <li> on the inner ng-repeat loop I set an ng-click which calls the relevant controller for that menu item by passing in the $index to let the app know which one we need. However I need to also pass in the $index from the outer ng-repeat so the app knows which section we are in as well as which tutorial.
<ul ng-repeat="section in sections">
<li class="section_title {{section.active}}" >
{{section.name}}
</li>
<ul>
<li class="tutorial_title {{tutorial.active}}" ng-click="loadFromMenu($index)" ng-repeat="tutorial in section.tutorials">
{{tutorial.name}}
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
here's a Plunker http://plnkr.co/edit/bJUhI9oGEQIql9tahIJN?p=preview
Each ng-repeat creates a child scope with the passed data, and also adds an additional $index variable in that scope.
So what you need to do is reach up to the parent scope, and use that $index.
See http://plnkr.co/edit/FvVhirpoOF8TYnIVygE6?p=preview
<li class="tutorial_title {{tutorial.active}}" ng-click="loadFromMenu($parent.$index)" ng-repeat="tutorial in section.tutorials">
{{tutorial.name}}
</li>
A way more elegant solution than $parent.$index is using ng-init:
<ul ng-repeat="section in sections" ng-init="sectionIndex = $index">
<li class="section_title {{section.active}}" >
{{section.name}}
</li>
<ul>
<li class="tutorial_title {{tutorial.active}}" ng-click="loadFromMenu(sectionIndex)" ng-repeat="tutorial in section.tutorials">
{{tutorial.name}}
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
When you are dealing with objects, you want to ignore simple id's as much as convenient.
If you change the click line to this, I think you will be well on your way:
<li class="tutorial_title {{tutorial.active}}" ng-click="loadFromMenu(tutorial)" ng-repeat="tutorial in section.tutorials">
Also, I think you may need to change
class="tutorial_title {{tutorial.active}}"
to something like
ng-class="tutorial_title {{tutorial.active}}"
See http://docs.angularjs.org/misc/faq and look for ng-class.
Just to help someone who get here... You should not use $parent.$index as it's not really safe. If you add an ng-if inside the loop, you get the $index messed!
Rigth way
<table>
<tr ng-repeat="row in rows track by $index" ng-init="rowIndex = $index">
<td ng-repeat="column in columns track by $index" ng-init="columnIndex = $index">
<b ng-if="rowIndex == columnIndex">[{{rowIndex}} - {{columnIndex}}]</b>
<small ng-if="rowIndex != columnIndex">[{{rowIndex}} - {{columnIndex}}]</small>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
What about using this syntax (give a look in this plunker). I just discovered this and it's pretty awesome.
<div ng-repeat="(indexX,object) in data track by indexX">
<div ng-repeat="(indexY,value) in object track by indexY">
{{indexX}} - {{indexY}} - {{value}}
</div>
</div>
With this syntax you can give your own name to $index and differentiate the two indexes.