AngularJS : How do I switch views from a controller function?
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I am trying to use the ng-click feature of AngularJS to switch views. How would I go about doing this with the code below?
index.html
<div ng-controller="Cntrl">
<div ng-click="someFunction()">
click me
<div>
<div>
controller.js
function Cntrl ($scope) {
$scope.someFunction = function(){
//code to change view?
}
}
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
In order to switch between different views, you could directly change the window.location (using the $location service!) in index.html file
<div ng-controller="Cntrl">
<div ng-click="changeView('edit')">
edit
</div>
<div ng-click="changeView('preview')">
preview
</div>
</div>
Controller.js
function Cntrl ($scope,$location) {
$scope.changeView = function(view){
$location.path(view); // path not hash
}
}
and configure the router to switch to different partials based on the location ( as shown here https://github.com/angular/angular-seed/blob/master/app/app.js ). This would have the benefit of history as well as using ng-view.
Alternatively, you use ng-include with different partials and then use a ng-switch as shown in here ( https://github.com/ganarajpr/Angular-UI-Components/blob/master/index.html )
Solution 2 - Javascript
The provided answer is absolutely correct, but I wanted to expand for any future visitors who may want to do it a bit more dynamically -
In the view -
<div ng-repeat="person in persons">
<div ng-click="changeView(person)">
Go to edit
<div>
<div>
In the controller -
$scope.changeView = function(person){
var earl = '/editperson/' + person.id;
$location.path(earl);
}
Same basic concept as the accepted answer, just adding some dynamic content to it to improve a bit. If the accepted answer wants to add this I will delete my answer.
Solution 3 - Javascript
I've got an example working.
Here's how my doc looks:
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.3/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.3/angular-resource.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/app.js"></script>
<script src="controllers/ctrls.js"></script>
</head>
<body ng-app="app">
<div id="contnr">
<ng-view></ng-view>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Here's what my partial looks like:
<div id="welcome" ng-controller="Index">
<b>Welcome! Please Login!</b>
<form ng-submit="auth()">
<input class="input login username" type="text" placeholder="username" /><br>
<input class="input login password" type="password" placeholder="password" /><br>
<input class="input login submit" type="submit" placeholder="login!" />
</form>
</div>
Here's what my Ctrl looks like:
app.controller('Index', function($scope, $routeParams, $location){
$scope.auth = function(){
$location.url('/map');
};
});
app is my module:
var app = angular.module('app', ['ngResource']).config(function($routeProvider)...
Hope this is helpful!
Solution 4 - Javascript
The method used for all previous answers to this question suggest changing the url which is not necessary, and I think readers should be aware of an alternative solution. I use ui-router and $stateProvider to associate a state value with a templateUrl which points to the html file for your view. Then it is just a matter of injecting the $state into your controller and calling $state.go('state-value') to update your view.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21023763/difference-between-angular-route-and-angular-ui-router
Solution 5 - Javascript
There are two ways for this:
If you are using ui-router or $stateProvider, do it as:
$state.go('stateName'); //remember to add $state service in the controller
if you are using angular-router or $routeProvider, do it as:
$location.path('routeName'); //similarily include $location service in your controller
Solution 6 - Javascript
Without doing a full revamp of the default routing (#/ViewName) environment, I was able to do a slight modification of Cody's tip and got it working great.
the controller
.controller('GeneralCtrl', ['$route', '$routeParams', '$location',
function($route, $routeParams, $location) {
...
this.goToView = function(viewName){
$location.url('/' + viewName);
}
}]
);
the view
...
<li ng-click="general.goToView('Home')">HOME</li>
...
What brought me to this solution was when I was attempting to integrate a Kendo Mobile UI widget into an angular environment I was losing the context of my controller and the behavior of the regular anchor tag was also being hijacked. I re-established my context from within the Kendo widget and needed to use a method to navigate...this worked.
Thanks for the previous posts!
Solution 7 - Javascript
Firstly you have to create state in app.js as below
.state('login', {
url: '/',
templateUrl: 'views/login.html',
controller: 'LoginCtrl'
})
and use below code in controller
$location.path('login');
Hope this will help you
Solution 8 - Javascript
This little function has served me well:
//goto view:
//useage - $scope.gotoView("your/path/here", boolean_open_in_new_window)
$scope.gotoView = function (st_view, is_newWindow)
{
console.log('going to view: ' + '#/' + st_view, $window.location);
if (is_newWindow)
{
$window.open($window.location.origin + $window.location.pathname + '' + '#/' + st_view, '_blank');
}
else
{
$window.location.hash = '#/' + st_view;
}
};
You dont need the full path, just the view you are switching to