I've been diving into AngularJS lately and came across an interesting video that discusses using ng-transclude in a directive template to incorporate existing DOM elements.
Check out the code snippet below:
<html ng-app="myApp">
<head>
<title>TODO supply a title</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
</head>
<body ng-controller="AppCtrl">
<panel>
<button>Click Me</button>
</panel>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.12/angular.min.js"></script>
<script>
var app = angular.module('myApp', []);
app.controller('AppCtrl', function() {
});
app.directive('panel', function() { //can return a function (link) or an object
return {
restrict: 'E',
transclude: true,
template: '<span> This is my custom span</span><div class="panel" ng-transclude>this is my div</div><span>Another span follows</span>'
}
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
You can also view the problem on this fiddle.