AngularJS Custom Directives Basic Directive example
Example
superman-directive.js
angular.module('myApp', [])
.directive('superman', function() {
return {
// restricts how the directive can be used
restrict: 'E',
templateUrl: 'superman-template.html',
controller: function() {
this.message = "I'm superman!"
},
controllerAs: 'supermanCtrl',
// Executed after Angular's initialization. Use commonly
// for adding event handlers and DOM manipulation
link: function(scope, element, attributes) {
element.on('click', function() {
alert('I am superman!')
});
}
}
});
superman-template.html
<h2>{{supermanCtrl.message}}</h2>
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Document</title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.0/angular.js"></script>
<script src="superman-directive.js"><script/>
</head>
<body>
<div ng-app="myApp">
<superman></superman>
</div>
</body>
</html>
You can check out more about directive's restrict and link functions on AngularJS's official documentation on Directives
