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

No need for the ng-init trickery, because the issue is that $scope.form is not set when the controller code is run. Remove the form = {} initialization and get access to the form using a watch:

$scope.$watch('form', function(form) {
  ...
});