angular-formly

Formly for Angular is an AngularJS module which has directives to help customize and render JavaScript configured forms. The directive originated from a need to allow our users to create surveys and distribute them easily. Buckle up, because angular-formly is very powerful.

<formly-form model="formData" fields="formFields"></formly-form>

NOTICE: UPGRADING FROM 2.0 to 3.0?

There were some significant changes that you'll want to be aware of. In order to upgrade and get all the cool features, you're going to need to change your field configurations. Here is a tool that should help make that process easier. Also, if you are not able to update the configuration very easily, see this issue for ideas on how to ease things a little.

Demo

http://formly-js.github.io/angular-formly/

NG-NL Talk

Dependencies

Angular - HTML enhanced for web apps
apiCheck.js - VanillaJS version of ReactJS propTypes

Install in your project

Install with bower or npm (or just download the script)

$ bower install angular api-check angular-formly --save

or

$ npm install angular api-check angular-formly --save

Include the javascript file in your index.html, Formly without any form templates. You can create your own or use some of our prebuilt templates which cover basic form types, then extend with your own as needed.

<script src="node_modules/api-check/dist/apiCheck.min.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules/angular/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules/angular-formly/dist/formly.min.js"></script>

and

angular.module('yourModule', ['formly']);

or

var angular = require('angular');
angular.module('yourModule', [require('angular-formly')]);

Prebuilt Templates

While it is recommended to create your own templates for ultimate customization and flexibility, there are prebuilt templates you can use:

Vanilla HTML
Bootstrap
LumX
angular-material (WIP)
Ionic: (WIP, owner needed)
Foundation: (WIP, owner needed)

DIY Templates

Regardless of which flavor you use (or if you use no flavor at all), you can create your own templates with formlyConfigProvider. This is the recommended approach if you want to customize your templates at all.

Documentation

Note: This README.md is for the latest version of formly. Be sure to check that you're reading the right docs!

https://github.com/formly-js/angular-formly/tree/{{YOUR_VERSION}} <-- insert your version

Example

Here's an example using the vanilla template properties

You can add a formly-form in your HTML templates as shown below.

<formly-form model="formData" fields="formFields">
	<button ng-click="onSubmit()">Hello World</button>
</formly-form>

Example data as it would be set in the controller

$scope.formData = {};
$scope.formFields = [
  {
    //the key to be used in the model values {... "username": "johndoe" ... }
    key: 'username',
    type: 'input',
    templateOptions: {
      label: 'Username',
      placeholder: 'johndoe',
      required: true,
      description: 'Descriptive text'
    }
  },
  {
    key: 'password',
    type: 'input',
    templateOptions: {
      type: 'password',
      label: 'Password',
      required: true
    },
    expressionProperties: {
      'templateOptions.disabled': '!model.username' // disabled when username is blank
    }
  }
];

$scope.onSubmit = function() {
  console.log('form submitted:', $scope.formData);
};

Creating Form Fields

When constructing fields use the options below to customize each field object. You must set at least a type, template, or templateUrl.

Valid field options

You can only specify these properties. Additional properties will result in an error. If you need custom properties, use templateOptions or data.

type (string)

type is the type of field to be rendered. Either type, template, or templateUrl must be set.

template (string)

template can be set instead of type or templateUrl to use a custom html template form field. Should be used with one-liners mostly (like a directive). Useful for adding functionality to fields.

Note: This can be used to add HTML instead of a form field.

Examples:

template: '<p>Some text here</p>'

template: '<hr />'

templateUrl (string)

templateUrl can be set instead of type or template to use a custom html template form field. Set a path relative to the root of the application. ie directives/custom-field.html

key (string)

By default form models are keyed by location in the form array, you can override this by specifying a key.

hide (boolean)

Whether to hide the field (uses ng-if)

model (object)

By default, the model passed to the formly-field directive is the same as the model passed to the formly-form. However, if the field has a model specified, then the specified model is used for that field (and that field only). Also, a deep watch is added to the formly-field directive's scope to run the expressionProperties when the specified model changes.

expressionProperties (object)

expressionProperties is an object where the key is a property to be set on the main field config (can be an angular expression) and the value is an expression used to assign that property. The expression can be a function or string expression and will be evaluated using formlyEval from formlyUtils see below for more information. The returned value is wrapped in $q.when so you can return a promise from your function :-)

For example:

vm.fields = [
  {
    key: 'myThing',
    type: 'someType',
    expressionProperties: {
      'templateOptions.label': '$viewValue', // this would make the label change to what the user has typed

       // this would set that property on data to be whether or not model.myThing.length > 5
      'data.someproperty.somethingdeeper.whateveryouwant': 'model.myThing.length > 5'
    }
  }
];

data (*)

data is reserved for the developer. You have our guarantee to be able to use this and not worry about future versions of formly overriding your usage and preventing you from upgrading :-)

templateOptions (*)

templateOptions is reserved for the templates. Any template-specific options go in here. Look at your specific template implementation to know the options required for this.

wrapper (string|array of strings)

wrapper makes reference to setWrapper in the formlyConfigProvider. It is expected to be the name of the wrapper specified there. The formly field will be wrapped by the first wrapper, then the second, then the third, etc.

ngModelAttrs (object)

ngModelAttrs is used in an angular-formly created templateManipulator to automatically add attributes to the ng-model element of field templates. You will likely not use this often. This object is a little complex, but extremely powerful. It's best to explain this api via an example. See the bottom for the example of this api.

controller (controller name|controller function)

controller is a great way to add custom behavior to a specific field. You can also set the controller to a type as well. It is injectable with the $scope of the field, and anything else you have in your injector.

link (link function)

link allows you to specify a link function. It is invoked after your template has finished compiling. You are passed the normal arguments for a normal link function.

optionsTypes (string|array of strings)

optionsTypes allows you to specify extra types to get options from. Duplicate options are overridden in later priority (index 1 will override index 0 properties). Also, these are applied after the type's defaultOptions and hence will override any duplicates of those properties as well.

modelOptions (object)

modelOptions allows you to take advantage of ng-model-options directive. Formly's built-in templateManipulator (see below) will add this attribute to your ng-model element automatically if this property exists. Note, if you use the getter/setter option, formly's templateManipulator will change the value of ng-model to options.value which is a getterSetter that formly adds to field options. For more information on ng-model-options, see these egghead lessons.

watcher (object|array of watches)

watcher is an object which has at least two properties called expression and listener. The watch.expression is added to the formly-form directive's scope. If it's a function, it will be wrapped and called with the field as the first argument, followed by the normal arguments for a watcher, followed the watcher's stop function. If it's not defined, it will default to the value of the field. The listener will also be wrapped and called with the field as the first argument, followed by the normal arguments for a watch listener. You can also specify a type ($watchCollection or $watchGroup) via the type property (defaults to $watch) and whether you want it to be a deep watch via the deep property (defaults to false).

How the api differs from a normal $watch:

// normal watcher
$scope.$watch(function expression(theScope) {}, function listener(newValue, oldValue, theScope) {});

// field watcher
$scope.$watch(function expression(field, theScope, stop) {}, function listener(field, newValue, oldValue, theScope, stop) {});

validators (object)

validators is an object where the keys are the name of the validity (to be passed to $setValidity) and the values are functions or expressions which returns true if it is valid. Templates can pass this option to the formly-custom-validation directive which will add a parser (or validator, see note) to the ngModel controller of the field. The validator can be a function or string expression and will be evaluated using formlyEval from formlyUtils see below for more information.

Async validation: All function validators can return true/false/Promise. A validator passes if it returns true or a promise that is resolved. A validator fails if it returns false or a promise that is rejected.

1.2: Formly defaults to use the $validators api, which is only available in angular 1.3. If you are using 1.2, then the $parsers api is used which doesn't support async validation out of the box. However, formly will keep track of the validations for you and ensure that the most recently resolved/rejected promise is what takes priority. Also, while the validation is in flight, formly emulates the $pending api of 1.3 for your use in 1.2 as well, so you can safely use this and upgrade to 1.3 without worrying about the upgrade path for this api. You're welcome :-)

NOTE: You can alternatively specify a validator as an object with an expression and a message. This will unify how templates reference messages for when the validator has failed. Also, this should be used only for one-off messages (use ng-messages-include for generic messages). message in this case should be an expression that is evaluated in exactly the same way a validator is evaluated. The formly-custom-validation directive will then add an object to the field options called validationMessages which is a map of functions where the key is the validation name and the value is a to function which returns the evaluated message.

validation (object)

validation is an object with a few useful properties mostly handy when used in combination with ng-messages

validation.messages a map of functions mapped to message names. These messages come from the validators. Invoke these and angular-formly will evaluate them using formlyUtil.formlyEval (which is how validators themselves are evaluated.

validation.errorExistsAndShouldBeVisible a boolean indicating whether an error message should be shown. Because you generally only want to show error messages when the user has interacted with a specific field, this value is set to true based on this rule: field invalid && (field touched || validation.show)

validation.show is a boolean you as the developer can set to specify to force errorExistsAndShouldBeVisible to be set to true when there are $errors. This is useful when you're trying to call the user's attention to some fields for some reason.

Added Properties

Formly will add a few properties to your field config for convenience in templates

formControl

This is the NgModelController for the field. It provides you with awesome stuff like $errors :-)

value

This is a getter/setter function for the value that your field is representing. Useful when using getterSetter: true in the modelOptions (in fact, if you don't disable the templateManipulator that comes built-in with formly, it will automagically change your field's ng-model attribute to use value.

runExpressions

It is not likely that you'll ever want to invoke this function. It simply runs the expressionProperties expressions. It is used internally and you shouldn't have to use it, but you can if you want to.

CSS Classes

The resulting form element has the class formly and each field has the class formly-field.

Validation

Formly uses angular's built-in validation mechanisms. See the angular docs for more information on this. (Note, if you're using Angular 1.3, formly utilizies the new $validators and $asyncValidators pipelines, otherwise, it falls back to good old $parsers. Either way, your API is the same, though you can't do asynchornous validation with 1.2.x).

The form controller is bound to what you specify as the form attribute on the formly-form directive. Make sure to specify a name on any ng-model in your custom templates to ensure that the formControl is added to the options. If you're using Angular 1.3, the name attribute is interpolateable (you can use {{id}}). If you are stuck on 1.2.x, you can use the formly-dynamic-name directive where the value is an expression which would return the name (so, formly-dynamic-name="id"). Formly will add a formControl property to the field, and you can reference that in your template with options.formControl to get access to properties like $invalid or $error. See the bootstrap templates for an example.

You can also specify custom validation in your JSON. See the field called validators for more information on this. If you wish to leverage this in a custom template, use the formly-custom-validation directive and pass options.validators to it.

directives

formly-form

This the the main directive you'll use throughout your code. A word of advice, create your own directive that wraps this one. This will make any upgrades easier if the api changes at all. If you want an example of how to do this, file an issue and I'll demonstrate :-D

The attributes allowed on the directive are as follows:

model

The model to be represented by the form.

fields

The field configurations for building the form

form

The variable to bind the NgFormController to.

root-el

You will not likely use this often. The value given will control what is used for the formly-form's root element. It defaults to an ng-form, but if you want it to use a form or a div then you would specify root-el="form" or root-el="div" (respectively). If you choose anything except a form or ng-form, make sure to wrap it in your own ng-form or form and provide that with a name. Then pass that name to the form attribute so all the formControls of the fields will have somewhere to be added to.

formly-field

You will not likely need to use this directive, but if you do just know that unless you're using it inside formly-form you're fields are not going to get all the treatment (like watchers for example).

options

The field config. Must have a type OR template OR templateUrl. Everything else is optional, but it is limited to the options mentioned above. Any extra options will result in an error.

model

The model for the field to represent

formId

The id of the form, used to generate the id for the field which is used in the name (for the formControl) and the id of the field (useful for a label's for attribute)

index

The index of the field, used if key is not defined on the field.

fields

The other fields. As convenience if needed.

form

The NgFormController that will be used to get and set the formControl for the field.

formly-custom-validation

This is an attribute directive. The given value should be a validators object.

formly-focus

This is an attribute directive. It will watch the given value and focus the element when the given value is truthy. You can also optionally add a refocus attribute and this will cause focus to be returned to the previous element with focus when the formly-focus value is set to falsey (unless the user has clicked away from the focused element).

formlyConfigProvider

This is where you'll be configuring angular-formly to inform it of your templates and other options. You can do most things in either the config function with the formlyConfigProvider or in the run function with the formlyConfig.

setType

Allows you to specify a custom type

// object api (single type with a template)
formlyConfig.setType({
  name: 'input',
  template: '<input ng-model="[options.key]" />'
});
// with a templateUrl
formlyConfig.setType({
  name: 'checkbox',
  templateUrl: 'custom-formly-fields-checkbox.html'
});

// array api (multiple types)hi
formlyConfig.setType([
  {
    name: 'radio',
    templateUrl: 'custom-formly-fields-radio.html'
  },
  {
    name: 'button',
    templateUrl: '<button ng-click="options.templateOptions">{{options.label}}</button>'
  }
]);

// also, you can specify wrappers for a type
formlyConfig.setType({
  name: 'select',
  templateUrl: 'custom-formly-fields-select.html',
  wrapper: ['inner', 'outer', 'evenOuterOuter']
});

// you can also set default options for fields of this type. This can be done with or without a template or templateUrl
// useful when combined with the field's `optionsTypes` property.
formlyConfig.setType({
  name: 'phone',
  defaultOptions: {
    templateOptions: {
      pattern: '^1[2-9]\d{2}[2-9]\d{6}$'
    }
  }
});

// you also have the option to specify a controller and a link function
formlyConfig.setType({
  name: 'uploadButton',
  controller: function($scope, $upload) {
    $scope.onUploadClicked = function(file) {
      return $upload.start(file); // whatever...
    }
  },
  link: function(scope, el) {
    el.addClass('manipulate-the-dom');
  }
});

name (string, required)

The name of the template type. You use this in the type option of a field.

template (string)

The template for the field. This is required if there is no templateUrl or defaultOptions. Angular-formly will throw an error if this is present with a templateUrl (but works fine with defaultOptions).

templateUrl (string)

A url pointing to a template for the field. This is required if there is no template or defaultOptions. Angular-formly will throw an error if this is present with a template (but works fine with defaultOptions).

defaultOptions (object|function)

Options to be used by default for the field. These are merged with the field options for all fields of this type as well as all fields specifying this type as an optionsTypes. This is required if there is no template or templateUrl specified. And works fine if supplied in addition to either. If a function is supplied, it will be passed the options of the field and is supposed to return the default options (don't do the merging yourself, just pass what you want to be used for the default for this configuration).

extends (string)

This allows you to extend the functionality of other types. It merges the options specified with the parent's options and it will even gracefully handle situations where the parent has link/controller/defaultOptions functions as well. Note: in the case of a wrapper conflict, don't use this feature as it just gets too complicated, create a new type instead.

wrapper (string|array of strings)

Specify the name of wrappers that you want fields of this type to be wrapped in by default.

controller (string|injectable function)

This function will be invoked (using the $controller service) at the end of the formly-field controller (before the field's controller if specified). It can inject anything in the $injector as well as the $scope of the formly-field. If it is a string, it must be the name of a controller that has been registered with angular. If this type extends another, this function will be run after the parent controller function is run.

link (function)

This function will be invoked after the formly-field link function has been invoked (before the field's link if specified). It is invoked with all the normal arguments of a regular link function. If the type extends another, this function will be run after the parent link function is run.

apiCheck (objectOf(func))

This is specific to the use of the apiCheck.js library. This is the preferred method for validating options as it allows for tooling to discover what the api to your type is.

ngModule.constant('yourOwnCheck', apiCheck({
  output: {prefix: 'you app/lib name'}
}));
ngModule.run(function(formlyConfig, yourOwnCheck) {
  formlyConfig.setType({
    name: 'input',
    template: '<input class="to.className" ng-model="model[options.key]" />',
    apiCheck: {
      templateOptions: yourOwnCheck.shape({
        className: yourOwnCheck.string
      })
    },
    apiCheckInstance: yourOwnCheck
  });
});

apiCheckInstance (apiCheck instance)

Your own instance of apiCheck so you have the correct prefix/suffix/url/etc.

apiCheckFunction ('throw' or 'warn')

Allows you to customize whether your check throws and error or simple warns. Defaults to warn.

apiCheckOptions (object)

The options to use when the check fails. Defaults to something sensible.

validateOptions (function)

Note: It is recommended that you use apiCheck with apiCheckInstance rather than validateOptions.

This function will be invoked with the options of the field after it has been merged with it's optionsDefaults and any types that its type extends. Feel free to log warnings to the console or throw errors here to help users use your types correctly. Recommended: Use apiCheck.js as this is what formly uses and will already be available to you. You can inject this dependency with apiCheck. You can use it like so:

ngModule.run(function(formlyConfig, yourOwnCheck) {
  formlyConfig.setType({
    name: 'input',
    template: '<input ng-model="model[options.key]" />',
    validateOptions: function(options) {
      yourOwnCheck.throw(yourOwnCheck.object, arguments);
    }
  });
});

setWrapper, getWrapper, getWrapperByType, removeWrapperByName, & removeWrappersForType

Allows you to set a template for your formly templates. You can have a default (used by all templates), named template wrappers, and typed template wrappers (used by fields with the specified type). All template wrappers must follow these rules

Use <formly-transclude></formly-transclude> in them to specify where the field template should be placed.
Have at least one, and only one of templateUrl or template
Not override another by name or type

For example:

// simple argument api
formlyConfigProvider.setWrapper(
  '<div>This is the default because <formly-transclude></formly-transclude> there is no name specified</div>'
);
formlyConfigProvider.setWrapper(
  '<div>This is not the default because <formly-transclude></formly-transclude> there is a name specified</div>',
  'theName'
);

// object api
formlyConfigProvider.setWrapper({
  name: 'inputWrapper', // optional. Defaults to name || types.join(' ') || 'default'
  template: 'the template with <formly-transclude></formly-transclude> in it', // must have this OR templateUrl
  templateUrl: 'path/to/template.html', // the resulting template MUST have <formly-transclude></formly-transclude> in it and must have templateUrl OR template (not both)
  types: 'stringOrArray' // this can be a string or an array of strings that map to types specified by setTemplate and setTemplateUrl
});

// array api
formlyConfigProvider.setWrapper([
  { /* same configuration as the object api */ },
  { /* same configuration as the object api */ },
  { /* same configuration as the object api */ },
  { /* same configuration as the object api */ }
]);

removeWrapperByName and removeWrappersForType are helpful if you're using a template library but want to customize your own wrappers. The api is simple:

formlyConfigProvider.removeWrapperByName('inputWrapper'); // removes the wrapper that's called 'inputWrapper'
formlyConfigProvider.removeWrappersForType('select'); // removes all wrappers that apply to the type of 'select'

Also, note, that if you want to remove the default wrapper, this is done by passing 'default' to the removeWrapperByName function.

Another note, you can instead override wrappers (and types as well) without a warning if you specify an overwriteOk: true property.

See the website for examples on usage

templateManipulators

This allows you to manipulate the template of a specific field. This gives you a great deal of power without sacrificing performance by having bindings which you will never need as well as save repetition in your templates. The api to this feature is as follows:

// note, most of the formlyConfigProvider functions can
// actually be done in the `run` function as well using `formlyConfig`.
formlyConfigProvider.templateManipulators.preWrapper.push(function(template, options, scope) {
  // determine if you wish to do anything with this template,
  // manipulated as needed, and return either the old template,
  // the new template, or a promise that will resolve with the
  // new template... for example
  if (options.data.addWarningMessage) {
    return template + '<div>This is a warning message!!!</div>';
  } else {
    return template;
  }
});

// or, if you wanted to load a template, you would do it in the
// run function so you can get $http, and $templateCache, then do:
formlyConfig.templateManipulators.preWrapper.push(function(template, options, scope) {
  return $http.get('the/template.html', {cache: $templateCache}).then(function(response) {
    return response.data.replace('where-the-template-goes', template);
  });
});

ngModelAttrsTemplateManipulator

Note! This is probably one of the coolest parts of angular-formly! There is a built-in templateManipulator that automatically adds attributes to the ng-model element(s) of your templates for you. Here are the things you need to know about it:

It will never override existing attributes
To prevent it from running on your field, simply set data: {noTouchy: true} and this template manipulator will skip yours
This can be disabled globally by setting formlyConfigProvider.extras.disableNgModelAttrsManipulator = true
It wont do anything to the template if it can't find any elements with the attribute ng-model.
It first goes through the bound and unbound ngModelAttrs specified for the field (read more about that above)
It adds a name and id attribute (the scope.id for both of them)
It adds the formly-custom-validation directive if the field has options.validators
It adds ng-model-options directive if the field has options.modelOptions
It utilizes the ngModelAttrs api to add a bunch of attributes automagically. This is probably one of the coolest things about angular-formly. See below for examples of how to use this.

{
  templateOptions: {
    placeholder: 'This will be automagically added',
    required: true, // will add a required attribute
    maxlength: 6, // this would add a maxlength attribute, but see expressionProperties
    onBlur: 'options.data.hasBeenBlurred = true' // this adds ng-blur
  },
  expressionProperties: {
    'templateOptions.maxlength': 'someExpression' // this adds the ng-maxlength attribute
  }
}

This is incredibly powerful because it makes the templates require much less bloat AND it allows you to avoid paying the cost of watchers that you'd never use (like a field that will never be required for example).

Here are the built-in supported attributes

both attribute or regular attribute -> required, disabled, pattern, maxlength, and minlength attribute only -> placeholder, min, max, tabindex, and type expression types -> onChange, onKeydown, onKeyup, onKeypress, onClick, onFocus, and onBlur

You can add more custom attributes using the ngModelAttrs api. It's a little complex, but quite powerful.

disableWarnings

Formly gives some useful warnings when you attempt to use a template that doesn't exist or there's a problem loading a template. You can disable these warnings via formlyConfigProvider.disableWarnings = true

formlyValidationMessages

This service allows you to control what messages gets added to each field's validation.messages which can ultimately be used in an ng-messages context to great effect. It has a messages property which is what is used to attach the messages to the field's config. The messages here should be set as angular expressions (or functions) similar to how expressionProperties or validators works. You can always interact with messages on your own, but there are two helper methods in this service

addTemplateOptionValueMessage

formlyValidationMessages.addTemplateOptionValueMessage(name, prop, prefix, suffix, alternate);
// for example
formlyValidationMessages.addTemplateOptionValueMessage('max', 'max', 'The max value allowed is', '', 'Too big');
formlyValidationMessages.addTemplateOptionValueMessage('minlength', 'minlength', '', 'is the minimum length', 'Too short');
formlyValidationMessages.addTemplateOptionValueMessage('pattern', 'patternValidationMessage', '', '', 'Invalid Input');

// the last could be used like so:
var field = {
  type: 'whatever',
  templateOptions: {
    pattern: /some_crazyPattern/,
    patternValidationMessage: '"Needs to match " + options.templateOptions.pattern'
  }
};

addStringMessage

formlyValidationMessages.addStringMessage(name, string);
// for example
formlyValidationMessages.addStringMessage('required', 'This field is required');

Tips and Tricks

Please see the Wiki for tips and tricks from the community.

Expressions

There are four places where you can put expressions. The context in which these expressions are evaluated is important. There are two different types of context and each is explained below:

watcher - expression and listener can be functions or expression strings. This is a regular angular $watch (depending on the specified type) function and it is created on the formly-form scope, despite being applied to a specific field. This allows the expressions to run even if the field's scope has been destroyed (via an ng-if like when the field is hidden). The function signature differs from a normal $watch however. See above for more details.
expressionProperties, validators, & messages - these expressions can be functions or expression strings. If it's a function, it's invoked with the arguments $viewValue, $modelValue, and scope. The scope in this case, is the field's scope. If it's an expression string, it is evaluated using $scope.$eval with a locals object that has $viewValue and $modelValue (however, in the case of expressionProperties, $viewValue will simply be the $modelValue because ok into the ngModelController but we want to keep the api consistent).

Custom Templates

You have a lot of freedom when it comes to writing templates. You don't even need to use the model which means that you can have fields that are just part of the look and feel of your form. Because of angular-formly's ngModelAttrsTemplateManipulator, you really only have to put the ng-model element where you want it (if you want it at all) and formly will take care of most of the rest. If you want to have any extra properties, you have pretty much full reign over the options.templateOptions object. Just be aware that angular-formly does make use of common parameters like required or onClick to automatically add attributes to ng-model elements.

apiCheck

angular-formly uses apiCheck.js to do type validation to help you use formly correctly. If you wish to disable this (in production that is recommended) then simply inject apiCheck and disable it with apiCheck.disable().

Roadmap

See the issues labeled enhancement

Contributing

Please see the CONTRIBUTING Guidelines.

Thanks

A special thanks to Nimbly for creating/sponsoring Angular-Formly's development. Thanks to Kent C. Dodds for his continued support on the project.

Appendix

ngModelAttrs example

This api is a little complex. Hopefully these examples will be instructive.

Config like this:

{
  ngModelAttrs: {
    myCustomValue: {
      bound: 'ng-my-custom-value',
      attribute: 'my-custom-value'
    }
  },
  templateOptions: {
    myCustomValue: 3
  }
}

Would yield something like this:

<input ng-model="model[options.key]" my-custom-value="3" />

The value is simply placed on the element using the attribute specified in attribute.

Whereas if you changed the config to have an expressionProperty like this:

{
  ngModelAttrs: {
    myCustomValue: {
      bound: 'ng-my-custom-value',
      attribute: 'my-custom-value'
    }
  },
  templateOptions: {
    myCustomValue: 3
  },
  expressionProperties: {
    'templateOptions.myCustomValue': 'someEvaluationToGetCustomValue'
  }
}

Then the output would look like this:

<input ng-model="model[options.key]" ng-my-custom-value="options.templateOptions['myCustomValue']" />

Because the value of templateOptions.myCustomValue can change, it now uses the bound version of the attribute. However, if there is no bound version specified, but it is still an expression property like so:

{
  ngModelAttrs: {
    myCustomValue: {
      attribute: 'my-custom-value'
    }
  },
  templateOptions: {
    myCustomValue: 3
  },
  expressionProperties: {
    'templateOptions.myCustomValue': 'someEvaluationToGetCustomValue'
  }
}

Then the output would look like this:

<input ng-model="model[options.key]" my-custom-value="{{options.templateOptions['myCustomValue']}}" />

You also have expression. For expression a config like this:

{
  ngModelAttrs: {
    doAction: {
      expression: 'do-something-awesome'
    }
  },
  templateOptions: {
    doAction: 'options.data.actionDone = true'
  }
}

Would result in output like this:

<input ng-model="model[options.key]" do-something-awesome="$eval(options.templateOptions['doAction'])" />

However, if the templateOptions.doAction is a function instead, like this:

{
  ngModelAttrs: {
    doAction: {
      expression: 'do-something-awesome'
    }
  },
  templateOptions: {
    doAction: function(value, options, scope, $event) {
      options.data.actionDone = true;
    }
  }
}

Then the output would look more like this:

<input ng-model="model[options.key]" do-something-awesome="options.templateOptions['doAction'](model[options.key], options, this, $event)" />

Which allows you to have access to the value, options, scope, and $event as you see in the example.

Finally, you can specify the custom attribute as a value. In this case, a config like this:

{
  ngModelAttrs: {
    '{{options.data.whatever}}': {
      value: 'my-whatever-attribute'
    }
  }
}

<input ng-model="model[options.key]" my-whatever-attribute="{{options.data.whatever}}" />

Which gives you the liberty to specify exactly the value you wish for your attribute in the template.

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template (string)

templateUrl (string)

key (string)

hide (boolean)

model (object)

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data (*)

templateOptions (*)

wrapper (string|array of strings)

ngModelAttrs (object)

controller (controller name|controller function)

link (link function)

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name (string, required)

template (string)

templateUrl (string)

defaultOptions (object|function)

extends (string)

wrapper (string|array of strings)

controller (string|injectable function)

link (function)

apiCheck (objectOf(func))

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