Toggle class with ng-click on several elements

Question

How can I toggle classes on several elements individually with ng-click?

In this question https://stackoverflow.com/a/22072110/2169327 toggling classes with a click was done like this:

CSS:

.red {     color: red; } 

JS:

$scope.toggle = false; 

HTML:

<button id="btn" ng-click="toggle = !toggle" ng-class="{'red' : toggle}">Change Class</button> 

But what if I have several buttons that each should toggle its own class with ng-click?

If I set it up in this way:

HTML:

<button id="btn" ng-click="toggle = !toggle" ng-class="{'red' : toggle}">Change Class</button> <button id="btn2" ng-click="toggle = !toggle" ng-class="{'red' : toggle}">Change Class</button> 

Both buttons get toggled if I press one.

I know a workaround is to define an own ng-click event for each button (f.ex toggle1 for button1, toggle2 for button2) - but is this the best way?

Answer 1

I made simple directive for testing:

module.directive('toggleClass', function() {     return {         restrict: 'A',         link: function(scope, element, attrs) {             element.bind('click', function() {                 element.toggleClass(attrs.toggleClass);             });         }     }; }); 

so you can make any element toggle class you need

<button id="btn" toggle-class="active">Change Class</button> <div toggle-class="whatever"></div> 

Answer 2

Depending on your requirements, you may be able to use an ng-repeat with an array representing the toggles. For example:

Your view:

<div ng-repeat="toggle in toggles">     <button id="btn" ng-click="toggle.state = !toggle.state" ng-class="{'red' : toggle.state}">Change Class</button> </div> 

Inside your controller:

$scope.toggles = [{ state: true }, { state: false }, { state: true }]; 

This way you can expand on your button set by simply updating the array, or the internal array objects (should you need more complexity).