I am in the process of transforming a Bootstrap + jQuery theme into Angular JS, and I am encountering some challenges along the way. One issue is related to the functionality provided in the JS file of the theme:
/* Sidebar Navigation functionality */
var handleNav = function() {
// Animation Speed, adjust values for different results
var upSpeed = 250;
var downSpeed = 250;
// Obtain all crucial links
var allTopLinks = $('.sidebar-nav a');
var menuLinks = $('.sidebar-nav-menu');
var submenuLinks = $('.sidebar-nav-submenu');
// Primary Accordion functionality
menuLinks.click(function(){
var link = $(this);
if (link.parent().hasClass('active') !== true) {
// Logic for opening/closing menus
if (link.hasClass('open')) {
link.removeClass('open').next().slideUp(upSpeed);
// Adjust #page-content size if needed
setTimeout(resizePageContent, upSpeed);
}
else {
$('.sidebar-nav-menu.open').removeClass('open').next().slideUp(upSpeed);
link.addClass('open').next().slideDown(downSpeed);
// Adjust #page-content size if needed
setTimeout(resizePageContent, ((upSpeed > downSpeed) ? upSpeed : downSpeed));
}
}
return false;
});
// Submenu Accordion functionality
submenuLinks.click(function(){
var link = $(this);
if (link.parent().hasClass('active') !== true) {
// Logic for opening/closing submenus
if (link.hasClass('open')) {
link.removeClass('open').next().slideUp(upSpeed);
// Adjust #page-content size if needed
setTimeout(resizePageContent, upSpeed);
}
else {
link.closest('ul').find('.sidebar-nav-submenu.open').removeClass('open').next().slideUp(upSpeed);
link.addClass('open').next().slideDown(downSpeed);
// Adjust #page-content size if needed
setTimeout(resizePageContent, ((upSpeed > downSpeed) ? upSpeed : downSpeed));
}
}
return false;
});
};
This function executes when the app initializes and manages the sidebar functionality by attaching event handlers to the sidebar links to enable dropdown effects and resize the main container when necessary.
While this works fine, I am unsure how to make it compatible with AngularJS. Running it on the view loaded event doesn't seem ideal, and using directives is not straightforward due to the complexity of applying it to multiple elements.
Furthermore, it impacts separate elements as it also resizes the main container, triggering functions on other parts of the page.
How can this specific functionality be converted to be compliant with AngularJS?
EDIT: My proposal was to create two directives, menu-link and submenu-link, and apply them to each respective link. However, this approach seems impractical as repeating the directive multiple times would be cumbersome.