ng-repeat not populating table

Question

I've populated a table with data from a JSON file, and then when the user clicks on an item in the table, a container and it's fields display below and it SHOULD be populated with that specific data, though it isn't.

The function select is invoked through list-patents.htm which contains the table with a list of patents. I have used the $rootScope object so the function is accessible from multiple controllers i.e. patentDetailsCtrl

Why isn't my table in patent-item.htm being populated with the ng-repeat directive?

var app = angular.module('myApp', ['ngRoute', 'angularMoment', 'ui.router', "chart.js"]);

$stateProvider   
    .state("patents.list.item", {
        url: "/patent-item",
        templateUrl: "templates/patents/list/patent-item.htm",
        params: {
            id: null,
            appNo: null,
            clientRef: null,
            costToRenew: null,
            renewalDueDate: null,
            basketStatus: null,
            costBandEnd: null,
            nextStage: null
        },
        controller: "patentDetailsCtrl"
    })

app.run(function($rootScope) {
    $rootScope.select = function() {       
        return $rootScope.patentItem = item;
    }
});

app.controller('patentDetailsCtrl', ['$scope', '$http', function($scope, $http) {

    $scope.selectedPatent = $scope.patentItem;

    console.log($scope.selectedPatent);


}]);

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list-patents.htm

<tbody>
    <tr ng-repeat="x in patents">
        <td ng-click="select(x)"><a ui-sref="patents.list.item({id: x.id, appNo: x.applicationNumber, clientRef: x.clientRef, costToRenew: x.costToRenew, renewalDueDate: x.renewalDueDate, basketStatus: x.basketStatus, costBandEnd: x.costBandEnd, nextStage: x.nextStage})">{{x.applicationNumber}}</a></td>
        <td ng-bind="x.clientRef"></td>
        <td ng-bind="x.costToRenew">$</td>
        <td ng-bind="x.renewalDueDate"></td>
        <td><button type="button" class="btn btn-danger" ng-click="remove(x.id)">Remove</button></td>
    </tr>
</tbody>

patent-item.htm

<table>
    <tbody>
        <thead>
            <tr>
                <td>applicationNumber</td>
                <td>clientRef</td>
                <td>costToRenew</td>
                <td>renewalDueDate</td>
                <td>basketStatus</td>
                <td>costBandEnd</td>
                <td>nextStage</td>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
            <tr ng-repeat="x in selectedPatent">
                <td>{{x.applicationNumber}}</td>
                <td>{{x.clientRef}}</td>
                <td>{{x.costToRenew}}</td>
                <td>{{x.renewalDueDate}}</td>
                <td>{{x.basketStatus}}</td>
                <td>{{x.costBandEnd}}</td>
                <td>{{x.nextStage}}</td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>    
    </table> 
</tbody>

Answer 1

You need to correct below points:

1. your $rootScope.select() method doesn't accept data (select(x)) passed from your list-patents.htm, So put item as param., Like : $rootScope.select = function(item) { \\ code

2. Sine you do ng-repeat on $rootScope.patentItem, then I guess you need to make it array, and push the passed data to it. (No need of return statement as well.)

So run block should be like :

app.run(function($rootScope) {
 rootScope.patentItem = [];
 $rootScope.select = function(item) {       
    $rootScope.patentItem.push(item);
 }
});

See this Example Fiddle

Answer 2

To me it seems like you're trying to access the patentItem selected in your select function. If you're passing it to the $rootScope this way, you will also need to access it this way.

So change the line as follows...

$scope.selectedPatent = $rootScope.patentItem