I have a survey application, where users can participate in polls by voting for different options. Within the HTML template, I utilize ng-show to display whether a user has voted for a particular option in a poll or if it remains unvoted for the user:
<div data-ng-repeat="option in poll.poll_options" class="list-group-item">
<span data-ng-if="option.option_thumb == '2'" class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></span>
<span data-ng-if="option.option_thumb == '1'" class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-down"></span>
<div data-ng-show="optionVoted(option,authentication.user._id)">
<span data-ng-bind="option.option_text"></span>
</div>
<div data-ng-hide="optionVoted(option,authentication.user._id)">
<div data-ng-show="pollVoted(poll._id,votes)">
<a data-ng-click="updateVote()">
<span data-ng-bind="option.option_text"></span> - update
</a>
</div>
<div data-ng-hide="pollVoted(poll._id,votes)">
<a data-ng-click="createVote(poll,option,authentication.user._id,$index)">
<span data-ng-bind="option.option_text"></span> - new
</a>
</div>
</div>
<span class="option-votes"> - {{option.votes.length}}</span>
</div>
The functions mentioned above are used to determine if the option/poll has been voted on by the user:
// Check if option is voted
$scope.optionVoted = function(option,userId){
for (var i = 0; i < option.votes.length; i++){
if (option.votes[i].user === userId){
return true;
}
}
};
// Check if poll is voted
$scope.pollVoted = function(pollId,votes){
for (var i = 0; i < votes.length; i++){
if (votes[i].poll === pollId){
return true;
}
}
}
Here is the function used to create a new vote:
// Create a vote
$scope.createVote = function(poll,option,userId,index){
var vote = new Votes({
user:userId,
poll:poll._id,
poll_option:option._id
});
vote.poll_option_id = option._id;
vote.$save(function(vote){
option.votes.push(vote);
$scope.$apply();
}, function(errorResponse) {
$scope.error = errorResponse.data.message;
});
}
When a user votes on an option, it gets updated without showing an anchor tag anymore. The challenge now is to ensure that other options within the poll also get updated and show "update()" instead of "create()", all without refreshing the page.
How can I make sure that the HTML DOM elements representing other options in the poll get updated?