Billy,
Follow what Sander said then instead of
value="{{ currUser.first_name }}"
use:
ng-model='currUser.first_name'
Check this out: https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/directive/ngModel
"The ngModel directive binds an input,select, textarea (or custom form
control) to a property on the scope"
On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 8:23:35 PM UTC-7, Billy Figueroa wrote:
>
> I have a question. I would like to know how people handle pre-populated
> forms.
>
> I am refering to forms for an authenticated user who is a member of the
> site. There are two types of forms in my application.
> Registration forms (non member)
> Account forms (members)
>
> I am having a design issue with my member forms. For example update your
> user email or change your address etc
>
> I noticed when you populate the form using the scope variable i..e
> <input class="span4" type="text" name="first_name" id="first_name"
> value="{{ currUser.first_name }}">
>
> if I click submit on the form, none of the values are submitted
>
> If go another route and I decide to pre populate the values in the
> controller then the values are always set and are never updated
>
> i.e.
>
> html
> <input class="span4" type="text" name="first_name" id="first_name"> <---
> no value attr, it gets value from controller below...
>
> javascript
> $scope.account = {
> first_name : currUser.first_name,
> last_name : currUser.last_name,
> username : currUser.username,
> email : currUser.email,
> phone : currUser.phone,
> address1 : currUser.address1,
> address2 : currUser.address2,
> city : currUser.city,
> state : currUser.state,
> zipcode : currUser.zipcode,
> country : currUser.country
> };
>
>
> I would like a nice elegant way to handle this or at least get some ideas
> of how people are handling this. I take it I may have to use watchers of
> some sort
>
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