Modifying Directives
After extensive research and review of the relevant GitHub Issue in the Angular Repo, I have successfully implemented a directive solution to address the issue at hand.
The key steps involved setting up a directive with a higher priority
and utilizing the terminal
attribute set to true. This approach effectively skips the compilation of all other directives after our directive is compiled. Additionally, within the postLink
function, the entire element itself is compiled. It is crucial to remove our own directive beforehand to prevent an infinite loop from occurring.
A special recognition goes out to the insightful advice provided on Adding directives from directive in AngularJS
Custom Directive Implementation
angular.module('app')
.directive('multiSelectChecker', function ($compile) {
return {
restrict: 'A',
replace: false,
terminal: true, // Set directive compilation only
priority: 50000, // Higher priority for early compilation
compile: function(element, attrs) {
element.removeAttr("multi-select-checker"); // Remove directive attributes to avoid infinite loop
element.removeAttr("data-multi-select-checker"); // Also remove data-prefixed attribute if present
return {
pre: function(scope, iElement, iAttrs, controller) { },
post: function(scope, iElement, iAttrs, controller) {
if (scope.options.Multiple === true) {
iElement[0].setAttribute('multiple', ''); // Setting multiple directive using vanilla JS method
}
$compile(iElement)(scope);
}
};
}
};
});
HTML Markup
<ui-select ng-model="model.choice" multi-select-checker>
<ui-select-match>{{$item.Title}}</ui-select-match>
<ui-select-choices repeat="item.Id as item in options.SuggestedValues | filter: { Title: $select.search }">
<div ng-bind="item.Title | highlight: $select.search"></div>
</ui-select-choices>
</ui-select>
Functional Plnkr Example:
Live Demo Link showcasing the directive functionality
Alternate Approach Utilizing Wrapping Directive
In exploring alternative solutions, I devised the following approach:
- Introduction of a wrapping directive named
multi-select-checker
- Within this directive, validation of
options.Multiple
value
- Provision of distinct template URLs based on the outcome: Case 1): single-select.tpl.html or Case 2): multi-select.tpl.html containing the necessary 'multiple' directive
Directive Declaration:
app.directive('multiSelectChecker', function() {
return {
template: '<ng-include src="getTemplateUrl()"/>',
controller: function($scope) {
$scope.getTemplateUrl = function() {
if ($scope.options.Multiple === true) {
console.log("multi-select");
return "multi-select.tpl.html"
}
else {
console.log("single select");
return "single-select.tpl.html"
}
}
}
}
})
Integration in HTML:
<body ng-controller="DemoCtrl">
<multi-select-checker>
</multi-select-checker>
</body>
Single Select Template:
<ui-select ng-model="model.choice">
<ui-select-match>{{$item.Title}}</ui-select-match>
<ui-select-choices repeat="item.Id as item in options.SuggestedValues | filter: { Title: $select.search }">
<div ng-bind="item.Title | highlight: $select.search"></div>
</ui-select-choices>
</ui-select>
Multi-Select Template:
<ui-select ng-model="model.choice" multiple>
<ui-select-match>{{$item.Title}}</ui-select-match>
<ui-select-choices repeat="item.Id as item in options.SuggestedValues | filter: { Title: $select.search }">
<div ng-bind="item.Title | highlight: $select.search"></div>
</ui-select-choices>
</ui-select>
It is evident that these templates primarily differ in incorporating the 'multiple' directive. There may exist more efficient resolutions to this issue.
I find it puzzling why the ng-attr-multiple approach fails to deliver the expected results.
Furthermore, upon inspection, it was noted that two separate input fields are rendered when employing the ng-attr-multiple technique.
Moreover, the single selection scenario appears to be disrupted by eliminating the multiple directive - a similar observation made in the initial Plnkr provided.
Tested and Verified Code
To witness the functioning implementation, refer to this working example on Plnkr: Interactive Preview of the revised approach