ng-init is not live, need way to bind 'local variables'

[mprobst]

ng-init is not live, it'll only bind once a new scope is created: http://jsfiddle.net/mprobst/gVeS3/

The documentation on ng-init spells this out, but in terms newbies will have a hard time to understand. Maybe this could be clarified, preferably with a big warning sign?

In any case, Angular has directives as a method of modularization and ng-include. Directives have a relatively high overhead to set up, so ng-include seems the simpler alternative. But to effectively modularize your templates, you need to set up the scope for an ng-include, i.e. bind certain properties to what the included template expects. The first thing that comes to mind is ng-init, but that does not work due to not being live.

As far as I can tell there's no way in Angular to set up the scope for an included template. Could we have that? Is it possible to write an ng-include that takes additional attributes for its scope, or just a generic ng-init that is live?

[mhevery]

works as intended, and we are planning on deleting ng-bind

[matthew-b-payne]

^^^ What a horrible response!!

[nilskp]

Deleting ng-bind??? Why, and what would take it's place?

[klebba]

@mhevery I'm confused; what would be the best way to implement a live ng-init equivalent? Directive?

[vizo]

👍 .. i want to know the same ..