Update parent scope variable in AngularJS

Question

I have two controllers, one wrapped within another. Now I know the child scope inherits properties from the parent scope but is there a way to update the parent scope variab

Answer 1

There is one more way to do this task and to not use the $scope.$parent variable.

Just prepare a method for changing the value in parent scope and use it in child one. Like this:

app.controller('ctrlParent',function($scope) {
  $scope.simpleValue = 'x';
  $scope.changeSimpleValue = function(newVal) {
    $scope.simpleValue = newVal;
  };
});

app.controller('ctrlChild',function($scope){
    $scope.changeSimpleValue('y');
});

It also works and give you more control over the value changes.

You can then also call the method even in HTML like: click me!.