I want to propose two layouts (ie, horizontal and vertical) for my contents. So switching in the selector will lead automatically to the corresponding layout. Here is the JSBin:
<html ng-app="flapperNews">
<head>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.7/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular-ui-router/0.3.2/angular-ui-router.js"></script>
<script type="text/ng-template" id="horizontal.tpl">
<textarea ng-model="one"></textarea>, <textarea ng-model="two"></textarea>
<br><br>{{one}}+{{two}}
</script>
<script type="text/ng-template" id="vertical.tpl">
<textarea ng-model="one"></textarea><br><textarea ng-model="two"></textarea>
<br><br>{{one}}+{{two}}
</script>
<script>
var app = angular.module('flapperNews', ['ui.router']);
app.config(['$stateProvider', function ($stateProvider) {
$stateProvider
.state('entry', {
url: '/',
params: { tpl: 'vertical' },
templateUrl: function (params) {
return params.tpl + ".tpl"
}
})
}]);
app.controller('MainCtrl', ['$scope', '$state', function ($scope, $state) {
$scope.one = "one";
$scope.two = "two";
$scope.layouts = ["horizontal", "vertical"];
$scope.$watch('layout', function () {
$state.go('entry', {tpl: $scope.layout});
})
}])
</script>
</head>
<body ng-controller="MainCtrl">
<select ng-model="layout" ng-init="layout = 'horizontal' || layouts[0].value" ng-options="x for x in layouts"></select>
<br><br>
<ui-view></ui-view>
</body>
</html>
However, with the above code, each time we change the view, $scope.one and $scope.two are reset to their initial values. I would hope the change in their textarea would remain regardless of the change of layout.
Does anyone know how to solve this?
Easy sharing same data between different views by using factories (AngularJS factory documentation). Try this example, it uses a simple factory named myFactory to share data between controllers. This also does work on the same controller as in your case.
var myApp = angular.module("myApp",[ "ui.router"]);
myApp.config(function ($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider){
$stateProvider.state("state1", {
url: "#",
template: '<p>{{ aValue }}</p><button ng-click="bindValue(\'its me\')">Bind value</button>',
controller: "myController"
}).state("state2", {
url: "#",
template: '<p>{{ aValue }}</p><button ng-click="bindValue(\'its me\')">Bind value</button>',
controller: "myController"
});
});
myApp.controller( "myController", function($scope, myFactory) {
$scope.aValue = myFactory.myValue;
$scope.bindValue = function (value) {
$scope.aValue = value;
myFactory.myValue = value;
}
});
myApp.factory('myFactory', function () {
return {
myValue: ''
}
});<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.13/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular-ui-router/0.2.8/angular-ui-router.min.js"></script>
<div ng-app="myApp">
<nav>
<a ui-sref="state1">State 1</a>
<a ui-sref="state2">State 2</a>
</nav>
<div ui-view></div>
</div>