ng-maxlength screws up my model

Question

I\'m trying to do a simple textarea with \"so many chars remaining\" along with validation. when I use ng-maxlength to validate my form, it resets my charcount as soon as th

Answer 1

An alternative that I'm using is to retain the same behaviour as the ng-maxlength validator but to feed the length back via an extra attribute 'actual-length'.

app.directive('newMaxlength', function () {
        return {
            require: 'ngModel',
            scope: {
                maxlength: '=newMaxlength',
                actualLength: '='
            },
            link: function (scope, elem, attr, ngModelCtrl) {

                function validate(ctrl, validatorName, validity, value) {
                    ctrl.$setValidity(validatorName, validity);
                    return validity ? value : undefined;
                }

                var maxlength = parseInt(scope.maxlength, 10);
                var maxLengthValidator = function (value) {
                    scope.actualLength = value ? value.length : 0;
                    return validate(ngModelCtrl, 'maxlength', ngModelCtrl.$isEmpty(value) || value.length <= maxlength, value);
                };

                ngModelCtrl.$parsers.push(maxLengthValidator);
                ngModelCtrl.$formatters.push(maxLengthValidator);
            }
        };
    });

Here is the element with the extra attribute: