AngularJs can't access form object in controller ($scope)

Question

I am using bootstrap-ui more specifically modal windows. And I have a form in a modal, what I want is to instantiate form validation object. So basically I am doing this:

Answer 1

The normal way if ng-controller is a parent of the form element: please remove this line:

$scope.form = {};

If angular sets the form to your controllers $scope you overwrite it with an empty object.

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As the OP stated that is not the case here. He is using $modal.open, so the controller is not the parent of the form. I don't know a nice solution. But this problem can be hacked:

...

and in your controller:

$scope.setFormScope= function(scope){
   this.formScope = scope;
}

and later in your update function:

$scope.update = function () {
    console.log(this.formScope.form); 

};