Widget Initialization

The AngularJS directives operate on attributes like kendo-widget-name.

For example, to get the DatePicker widget, use the <label>Birthday: <input kendo-date-picker /></label> configuration. When AngularJS compiles the HTML, the Kendo UI directive turn the <input> field into a nice DatePicker widget. For example, to discard the dashes after kendo- as a shortcut approach, use the <input kendo-numerictextbox /> configuration.

Using HTML Options

You can specify any options that are supported by Kendo UI widgets in element attributes by converting the option name from camelCase to dash-separated-words and prefixing it with a k-.

• If any of the defined attribute options are undefined, the widget will not initialize. For example, if the NumericTextBox k-max attribute points to a $scope.maxNumber field which is undefined, it will not initialize.
• If the attributes match the widget options, Kendo UI bindings parse them without prefixes. For example, the HTML5 placeholder attribute defined in the NumericTextBox element will be parsed as an Angular expression, because the widget has a placeholder option. Because of this built-in functionality, ensure that the attribute has a valid Angular expression or a valid string value, rendered between ' (single quote) characters.

Setting Options as Attributes

The following example demonstrates an important detail—the 'Increment' and 'Decrement' strings are quoted inside the attribute values. Without the single quote inside they are interpreted as variable names and AngularJS-Kendo UI will look for the $scope.Increment and $scope.Decrement variables. The omission of the quotes is a common error—that is why AngularJS-Kendo UI emit a warning in the JS console whenever such variables are not found.

    <div ng-app="app" ng-controller="MyCtrl">
        <input kendo-numerictextbox k-min="1" k-max="10" k-up-arrow-text="'Increment'" k-down-arrow-text="'Decrement'">
    </div>
    <script>
    angular.module("app", ["kendo.directives"]).controller("MyCtrl", function($scope) {
    });
    </script>

Specifying Options from the Controller

The following example demonstrates how to specify options from the controller in AngularJS projects.

    <div ng-app="app" ng-controller="MyCtrl">
        <input kendo-numerictextbox k-min="1" k-max="10" k-up-arrow-text="textUp" k-down-arrow-text="textDown">
    </div>
    <script>
    angular.module("app", ["kendo.directives"]).controller("MyCtrl", function($scope) {
        $scope.textUp = "Increment";
        $scope.textDown = "Decrement";
    });
    </script>

Setting Array and Object Options as Attributes

The following example demonstrates how to use declarative attributes for the array and object configuration options.

    <div ng-app="app" ng-controller="MyCtrl">
        <textarea kendo-editor
                  k-tools="[
                      'bold',
                      'italic',
                      'undeline',
                      {
                        name: 'foreColor',
                        palette: [ '#f00', '#0f0', '#00f' ]
                      }
                  ]"></textarea>
    </div>
    <script>
    angular.module("app", ["kendo.directives"]).controller("MyCtrl", function($scope) {
    });
    </script>

Configuring Widgets in the Controller

The following example demonstrates how to store the whole widget configuration in the controller by using the special k-options attribute.

If any of the defined attribute options are undefined, the widget will not initialize. For example, if the NumericTextBox k-max attribute points to a $scope.maxNumber field which is undefined, it will not initialize.

    <div ng-app="app" ng-controller="MyCtrl">
        <input kendo-date-picker k-options="monthPickerConfig">
    </div>
    <script>
    angular.module("app", ["kendo.directives"]).controller("MyCtrl", function($scope) {
        $scope.monthPickerConfig = {
          start  : "year",
          depth  : "year",
          format : "MMMM yyyy"
        };
    });
    </script>

See Also

• AngularJS Integration Overview
• Global Events