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dropdown in navigation bar does not expand (bootstrap, angular, directives, routes)

For some strange reason the bootstrap menu dropdown is not expanded on click when it is constructed through router template. Being used directly in the template it works fine.

Here is the plunker to play with: http://plnkr.co/edit/GOky2ajHl46VddQRKDye?p=preview

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="app">
    <head>
        <title>TEST</title>
        <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.2/css/bootstrap.min.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.2/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css">
        <script src="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
        <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.0/angular.min.js"></script>
        <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.0/angular-route.min.js"></script>
        <script>
var app = angular.module('app', [ 'ngRoute', 'ctrls' ]);

app.config(function ($routeProvider) {
    $routeProvider.when('/menu', {
        template : '<menu></menu>',
        controller : 'mainCtrl'
    }).otherwise({ redirectTo: '/menu' });
});

app.directive('menu', function () {
    return {
        restrict : 'E',
        template : '<nav class="navbar navbar-default" role="navigation">' +
          '<ul class="nav navbar-nav">' +
          '  <li class="dropdown">' +
          '    <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Dropdown <b class="caret"></b></a>' +
          '    <ul class="dropdown-menu"><li><a href="#">Action</a></li></ul>' +
          '  </li>' +
          '</ul>' +
          '</div>' +
          '</nav>'
    };
});

angular.module('ctrls', [ ]).controller('mainCtrl', function () { });
        </script>
    </head>

    <!-- this menu does not work -->
    <body ng-view></body>

    <!-- this menu works fine: -->
    <!-- <body><menu></menu></body> -->
</html>
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Alex Netkachov Avatar asked Nov 13 '13 23:11

Alex Netkachov


1 Answers

Its actually the '#' of the href attribute of the dropdown-toggle-link which triggers a route change. If you remove href it works: http://plnkr.co/edit/aDLuAk0mBLO6R1LR6ASb?p=preview

But as I said: I wouldn't recommend combining angular and bootstrap in this fashion. UI- bootstrap is usually the better choice when mixing their functionality.

app.directive('menu', function () {
    return {
        restrict : 'E',
        template : '<nav class="navbar navbar-default" role="navigation">' +
          '<ul class="nav navbar-nav">' +
          '  <li class="dropdown">' +

          // remove href = '#' here
          '    <a href class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Dropdown <b class="caret"></b></a>' +

          // probably not the worst idea to remove it here either, if not used otherwise
          '    <ul class="dropdown-menu"><li><a href="#">Action</a></li></ul>' +
          '  </li>' +
          '</ul>' +
          '</div>' +
          '</nav>'
    };
});
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hugo der hungrige Avatar answered Oct 05 '22 10:10

hugo der hungrige