maybe you are facing a scope problem... i've created an example http://codepen.io/huggaf/pen/EjpqQL
On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 11:18 AM, fasfsfgs <[email protected]> wrote: > It's bad to use literals in your scope. That's why there is a 'dot rule'. > > Take a look at this link to better understand the issue. It's not an > Angular thing. It's a javascript thing. > https://github.com/angular/angular.js/wiki/Understanding-Scopes > > > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 11:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Mo. >> >> Many thanks for this, I see indeed according to your Plunker it DOES work. >> >> I had an app where I couldn't get it to work at the time with a primitive >> type, I changed it to an object literal and it worked. I shrugged it off >> and just continued with the app but I was kinda curious as to why that >> happened. >> >> The issue must have been somewhere else! >> >> Thank you for the info :) >> >> On Monday, 20 July 2015 16:09:01 UTC+2, Mo Moadeli (CREDACIOUS) wrote: >>> >>> Here <http://plnkr.co/edit/z6UhcnorthFHFbrVZNPc?p=preview> is a simple >>> plunker that demonstrates otherwise. You *can* use a Javascript primitive >>> type in the ng-model and an object literal isn't required. >>> >>> If I didn't understand you correctly please create a plunker and share. >>> You may have been caught in one of the common mistakes when using >>> primitives in AngularJS. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Mo >>> >>> On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 5:23:55 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey there everyone :) >>>> >>>> I have a very silly question but I cannot seem to find an answer >>>> anywhere... >>>> >>>> Why does ng-model for a checkbox in AngularJS require a property on an >>>> object? Why can it not just be set to a literal value on the scope? >>>> >>>> For example, the AngularJS documentation stipulates: >>>> >>>> <label>Value1: >>>> <input type="checkbox" ng-model="checkboxModel.value1"> >>>> </label><br/> >>>> >>>> >>>> This works perfectly fine, if value1 is a property on the checkboxModel >>>> object. But if you initialise value1 on your scope and assign the ng-model >>>> to just value1, it no longer works. Why is that? >>>> >>>> Thanks :) >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "AngularJS" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/angular. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AngularJS" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/angular. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AngularJS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/angular. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
