Input model changes from Integer to String when changed

Question

Have a kind of price range/rating functionality based on an inputs model. On load, when it\'s set from the backend, it starts off as an integer, but when you type in it, it

Answer 1

Very similar to the accepted answer from Yanik, except I tried that and it didn't work. This version from the AngularJS documentation is working perfectly for me, though.

.directive('stringToNumber', function() {
    return {
        require: 'ngModel',
        link: function(scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
          ngModel.$parsers.push(function(value) {
            return '' + value;
          });
          ngModel.$formatters.push(function(value) {
            return parseFloat(value);
          });
        }
      };
    });