angular ng-class if-else expression

Question

angular ng-class if-else expression

I'm using angularjs ng-class at the following way:

<div class="bigIcon" data-ng-click="PickUp()" 
ng-class="{first:'classA', second:'classB', third:'classC', fourth:'classC'}[call.State]"/>

and I wondered if I can use if-else expression, can I do something similar to this:

<div class="bigIcon" data-ng-click="PickUp()" 
ng-class="{first:'classA', second:'classB', else:'classC'}[call.State]"/>

meaning whenever call.State different from first or second use classC and not specify each value.

thanks!

angularjs
ng-class

Answer 1

Use nested inline if-then statements (Ternary Operators)

<div ng-class=" ... ? 'class-1' : ( ... ? 'class-2' : 'class-3')">

for example :

<div ng-class="apt.name.length >= 15 ? 'col-md-12' : (apt.name.length >= 10 ? 'col-md-6' : 'col-md-4')">
    ...
</div>

And make sure it's readable by your colleagues :)

Answer 2

you could try by using a function like that :

<div ng-class='whatClassIsIt(call.State)'>

Then put your logic in the function itself :

    $scope.whatClassIsIt= function(someValue){
     if(someValue=="first")
            return "ClassA"
     else if(someValue=="second")
         return "ClassB";
     else
         return "ClassC";
    }

I made a fiddle with an example : http://jsfiddle.net/DotDotDot/nMk6M/

Answer 3

I had a situation where I needed two 'if' statements that could both go true and an 'else' or default if neither were true, not sure if this is an improvement on Jossef's answer but it seemed cleaner to me:

ng-class="{'class-one' : value.one , 'class-two' : value.two}" class="else-class"

Where value.one and value.two are true, they take precedent over the .else-class