Accessing Scope in Windows

The AngularJS framework creates a new scope for any content that is placed in a window because of the dynamic scoping of the framework.

A widget that is placed in the window or in a popup loses its connection to the parent scope and does not handle any changes to the parent scope.

Getting AngularJS Scope Attached to Popup Window

To work around this issue, use either of the following approaches:

• Apply the appendTo option to append the window to another HTML element which is part of the AngularJS application and scope.

    <div id="example" ng-app="KendoDemos">
      <div class="demo-section k-header" ng-controller="MyCtrl">
        <div kendo-window="wnd" k-append-to="'#example'">
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <script>
      angular.module("KendoDemos", [ "kendo.directives" ])
      .controller("MyCtrl", function($scope){
        $scope.$on("kendoRendered", function(e) {
          //retrieve the child scope from the window element
          var childScope = angular.element($scope.wnd.element).scope();
          console.log(childScope);
          });
        });
    </script>
  

• Initialize the AngularJS application on body.

Using Separate Controller to Resolve Window Scopes

The following example demonstrates the best approach to handle the issue by using a separate controller that handles the scope of the window.

    <div id="example" ng-app="KendoDemos">
        <div ng-controller="Host">
            <div kendo-window="editPopup"
                 k-modal="true"
                 k-title="'popupTitle'"
                 k-width="300"
                 k-resizable="false"
                 k-height="200"
                 k-visible="false">

                <div ng-controller="Popup">
                  <span>Selected: {{dataview.DataSourceID}} </span>
                  <select kendo-drop-down-list style="width:230px;"
                          ng-model="dataview.DataSourceID"
                          k-data-text-field="'Name'"
                          k-data-value-field="'ID'"
                          k-data-source="datasources"></select>
                </div>
            </div>
            <button kendo-button ng-click="Show()">Show</button>
        </div>
    </div>

    <script>
        angular.module("KendoDemos", ["kendo.directives"])
            .controller("Host", function($scope) {
                $scope.Show = function() {
                  $scope.editPopup.center();
                  $scope.editPopup.open();
                }
            }).controller("Popup", function($scope) {
                var datasources = [{ ID: 13, Name: "ID is 13" }, { ID: 14, Name: "ID is 14" }];
                $scope.datasources = datasources;
                var dataview = { DataSourceID: 14 };
                $scope.dataview = dataview;
            });
    </script>

See Also

• AngularJS Integration Overview
• Global Events