Basically, I want to measure the width of the element after angular has manipulated the DOM. So I would like to use $timeout for that, but it keeps getting me errors.
HTML
<div ng-app="github">
<ul mynav>
<li ng-repeat="nav in navItems">{{nav.name}}</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
CSS
ul,li {
display:inline-block;
}
li {
margin-right:1em;
}
JS
(function() {
angular.module('github', [])
.directive('mynav', function($window) {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function(scope, element, attrs, timeout) {
scope.navItems = [{
"name": "home"
}, {
"name": "link1"
}, {
"name": "link2"
}, {
"name": "link3"
}];
timeout(function() {
console.log($(element).width());
})
}
}
});
})();
link
function isn't a correct place to inject dependency. It has defined sequence of parameter like I shown below. You can't put dependency there.
link(scope, element, attrs, controller, transcludeFn) {
Inject $timeout
dependency in directive function
.
(function() {
angular.module('github', [])
.directive('mynav', function($window, $timeout) { //<-- dependency injected here
return {
Then just use injected $timeout
inside link
function
$timeout(function() {
console.log(element.width());
})