I want to broadcast event from parent directive to child. But if I use scope.broadcast in parent directive link function, then all children in every "parent" directive receive it.
How it works now: If parent (1) broadcast event, then child (1.1) and (2.1) receive event.
How I want it to work: I want to broadcast event from parent (1) only to child (1.1), not child (2.1).
My directive checked if element is on screen. I want only one directive like that and only this directive should send event to others.
<div>
<div parent> <!-- 1 -->
<div child></div> <!-- 1.1 -->
</div>
<div parent> <!-- 2-->
<div child></div> <!-- 2.1 -->
</div>
</div>
Probable reason - parent directive shares the same scope, that's why your event is propagated to all child directives.
Solution - each directive should define its own scope, which prototypically inherits from parent. ($root <-- parent <-- child)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="app">
<head>
<script data-require="angular.js@1.4.7" data-semver="1.4.7" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.7/angular.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<script>
angular
.module('app', [])
.directive('parent', function() {
return {
scope: true,
link: function(scope, element) {
element.on('click', function() {
scope.$broadcast('parent-event');
});
}
};
})
.directive('child', function() {
return {
scope: true,
link: function(scope) {
scope.$on('parent-event', function() {
console.log('child(' + scope.$id + ') caught parent event');
});
}
};
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<div parent> Parent {{ $id }}
<div child>Child {{ $id }}</div>
</div>
<hr />
<div parent> Parent {{ $id }}
<div child>Child {{ $id }}</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>