I want to change (force) input field values while typing using a attribute Directive. With it I would like to create directives like uppercase, lowercase, maxlength, filterchar, etc. to be used on input fields on forms. I found this example: Angular 2 Attribute Directive Typescript Example but this doesn't seem to work. Maybe it did for an earlier build of Angular2. It is however exactly what I would like to do.
When I create a directive like this:
import {Directive} from 'angular2/core';
import {NgModel} from 'angular2/common';
@Directive({
selector: '[ngModel][uppercase]',
host: {
'(input)' : 'onInputChange()'
}
})
export class UppercaseDirective{
constructor(public model:NgModel){}
onInputChange(){
var newValue = this.model.value.toUpperCase();
this.model.valueAccessor.writeValue(newValue);
this.model.viewToModelUpdate(newValue);
}
}
And use it on a form like this:
<input type="text" class="form-control" [(ngModel)]="field.name" ngControl="name" #name="ngForm" required uppercase>
(and register NgModel as a provider). I get an
undefined this.model.value.
I can use $event.target.value = $event.target.value.toUpperCase() (when passing $event with the onInputChange()) and that works for the view (it does show the input as uppercase. But it doesn't update the bind field "field.name".
So how to create an Angular2 attribute directive that does this?
-- EDIT --
After some further investigation I managed to get what I want. The answer Günter provided is closer to my original intention and perhaps better. But here is another way:
import {Directive, Input, Output, EventEmitter} from 'angular2/core';
@Directive({
selector: '[ngModel][uppercase]',
host: {
"(input)": 'onInputChange($event)'
}
})
export class UppercaseDirective{
@Output() ngModelChange:EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter()
value: any
onInputChange($event){
this.value = $event.target.value.toUpperCase()
this.ngModelChange.emit(this.value)
}
}
As I said I'm not sure if this is also a good way to do this so comments are welcome.
Although Günter's answer looks promising, there is a bug in that the final value in the model has the last entered letter in lowercase.
See here:
https://plnkr.co/edit/SzxO2Ykg2pKq1qfgKVMH
Please use the answer provided in the question. It works correctly.
@Directive({
selector: '[ngModel][uppercase]',
host: {
"(input)": 'onInputChange($event)'
}
})
export class UppercaseDirective{
@Output() ngModelChange:EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter()
value: any
onInputChange($event){
this.value = $event.target.value.toUpperCase()
this.ngModelChange.emit(this.value)
}
}
update
This approach doesn't work properly. See @RyanHow's answer for a better solution.
original
@Directive({
selector: '[ngModel][uppercase]',
providers: [NgModel],
host: {
'(ngModelChange)' : 'onInputChange($event)'
}
})
export class UppercaseDirective{
constructor(private model:NgModel){}
onInputChange(event){
this.model.valueAccessor.writeValue(event.toUpperCase());
}
}
I have faced the same issue, where I need to create the custom select in Angular with select2. I have created following directive thing to achieve this with attribute directive and ngModel.
import {ElementRef, Directive, EventEmitter, Output, Input} from '@angular/core';
import {NgModel} from "@angular/forms";
declare let $;
@Directive({
selector: '[custom-select]',
providers: [NgModel]
})
export class CustomSelectComponent{
$eventSelect:any;
@Output() ngModelChange:EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
@Input() set ngModel(value:any){
//listen to the input value change of ngModel and change in the plugin accordingly.
if(this.$eventSelect){
this.$eventSelect.val(value).trigger('change',{fromComponent:true});
}
}
constructor(private elementRef: ElementRef) {}
ngOnInit(){
this.$eventSelect = $(this.elementRef.nativeElement);
this.$eventSelect.select2({minimumResultsForSearch:-1});
this.$eventSelect.on("change.select2", (event,data)=> {
//listen to the select change event and chanage the model value
if(!data || !data.fromComponent){ //dont change model when its chagned from the input change event
this.ngModelChange.emit(this.$eventSelect.val());
}
});
}
}
with following usage
<select custom-select [(ngModel)]="protocol.type">
<option value="1">option1</option>
<option value="1">option2</option>
</select>