I have the following code:
function Session(name, index) {
this.Messages = [];
this.Name = name;
this.Index = index;
}
var vm = {};
vm.Sessions = ko.observableArray([new Session("Foo", 0), new Session("Bar", 1)]);
ko.applyBindings();
vm.Sessions()[0].Messages.push("Hello foo");
Along this view:
<div data-bind="template: {name: 'TopTemplate', foreach: Sessions}">
</div>
<script type="text/html" id="TopTemplate">
<p>
${$data.Name}
<ul data-bind="template: {name: 'NestedTemplate', foreach: Sessions[${$data.Index}]}"></ul>
</p>
</script>
<script type="text/html" id="NestedTemplate">
<li>
${$data}
</li>
</script>
As you can see there is an object with the containing array. So I make the observable array of sessions and it becomes observable including the internal properties. What I want here is to display nested 'repeaters'.
Yesterday I somehow suceeded to execute this script. And what is interesting without showing property name, i.e. Sessions[${$data.Index}].Messages
. Unfortunately, I deleted that test script.
Now I've tried to recreate and it doesn't work.
PS. The thing is I don't want to make it work witout showing the relevant property. I just want to make work the nested template.
This seems closer to what you want to accomplish:
<ul data-bind="template: {name: 'TopTemplate' , foreach: Sessions}"></ul>
<script type="text/html" id="TopTemplate">
<li >
<p>${name}</p>
<ul data-bind=" template: {name: 'NestedTemplate' , foreach: $data} " style="list-style-type:circle;margin-left:15px">
</ul>
</li>
</script>
<script type="text/html" id="NestedTemplate">
{{each(prop, val) $data}}
{{if $.isArray( val ) }}
<li>
<b>${prop}</b>
<ul style="list-style-type:square;margin-left:15px" >
{{each(index, arrayVal) val}}
{{each(i, mVal) arrayVal }}
<li>
<b>${i}</b> ${mVal}
</li>
{{/each}}
{{/each}}
{{else}}
<li><b>${prop}</b> : ${val}</li>
{{/if}}
{{/each}}
</script>
And code:
var viewModel = {
Sessions : ko.observableArray([
{name:"foo",index: 0, messages:[{body:"Hello foo 1"},{body:"Hello foo 2"}]},
{name:"bar",index: 1, messages:[{body:"Hello foo 3"},{body:"Hello foo 4"}]}
])
};
// ko magic...
ko.applyBindings(viewModel);
See also this fiddle