Angularjs - Hide content until DOM loaded

Question

I am having an issue in Angularjs where there is a flicker in my HTML before my data comes back from the server.

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Answer 1

Add the following to your CSS:

[ng\:cloak],[ng-cloak],.ng-cloak{display:none !important}

The compiling of your angular templates isn't happening fast enough.

UPDATE

You should not do DOM manipulation in your controller. There are two thing you can do... 1. You can intercept changes to the value within the scope of the controller via a directive! In your case, create a directive as an attribute that is assigned the property you want to watch. In your case, it would be caseData. If casedata is falsey, hide it. Otherwise, show it.

2. A simpler way is just use ngShow='casedata'.

Code

var myApp = angular.module('myApp', []);
myApp.controller("caseCtrl", function ($scope, $http, $routeParams, $timeout) {
    $scope.caseData = null;
    //mimic a delay in getting the data from $http
    $timeout(function () {
        $scope.caseData = 'hey!';
    }, 1000);

})
    .directive('showHide', function () {
    return {
        link: function (scope, element, attributes, controller) {
            scope.$watch(attributes.showHide, function (v) {
                if (v) {
                    element.show();
                } else {
                    element.hide();
                }
            });
        }
    };
});

HTML

using directive
using ngShow

JSFIDDLE:http://jsfiddle.net/mac1175/zzwBS/