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Weedoze
Weedoze

Reputation: 13943

Watch directive scope not working

Context

My controller stores an array. When pressing a specific shortcut on the keyboard I add a new object to this array.

The array is used inside a directive to display a chart.

So, on shortcut pressed the chart should be updated with the new value.

Controller

vm.observation = [{
    "sale": "202",
    "year": "2010"
}, {
    "sale": "215",
    "year": "2011"
}, {
    "sale": "179",
    "year": "2012"
}, {
    "sale": "199",
    "year": "2013"
}, {
    "sale": "134",
    "year": "2014"
}, {
    "sale": "176",
    "year": "2015"
}];

Directive

angular.module('spwApp.directives')
    .directive('linechart', [function() {
        return {
            restrict: 'E',
            scope: {
                id: "@",
                observation: "="
            },
            link: function($scope, element, attrs) {
                $scope.$watch("observation", function(newVal, oldVal){
                    console.log("OBS : " + newVal);
                }, true);
            }
        }
    }])

HTML

<linechart id="linechart3" observation="vm.observation"></linechart>

When the page load the chart correctly display the data and the console correctly log inside $watch is correctly executed.

Anyway after pressing the shortcut the $watch is not triggered whereas the array is updated

I can't find the error in my code

Upvotes: 0

Views: 36

Answers (1)

a better oliver
a better oliver

Reputation: 26828

You add something to the array, but the array itself stays the same. A regular watcher only reacts to a value that changes. That's why Angular also provides $watchCollection:

$scope.$watchCollection("observation",

$watchCollection also monitors the content of the array, i.e. it checks if something was removed or added.

Upvotes: 2

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