How to properly use the same AngularJS 1.5 component multiple times in a view?

Question

I\'m creating a set of widgets with AngularJS 1.5\'s new components. The problem is, when using the same widget multiple times, they somehow share their controller or scope. I t

Answer 1

Looks like you have a global variable called $widget here, try this:

var $widget = this;

instead of

$widget = this;

It creates a mess since the $widget variable holds a reference to the controller that has been recently initialized, in this case to the controller of the third component.