How do I make angular.js reevaluate / recompile inner html?

Question

I\'m making a directive that modifies it\'s inner html. Code so far:

.directive(\'autotranslate\', function($interpolate) {
    return function(scope, elemen         


        

Answer 1

This turned out to work even better than @Reza's solution

.directive('autotranslate', function() {
  return {
    compile: function(element, attrs) {
      var html = element.html();
      html = html.replace(/\[\[(\w+)\]\]/g, function(_, text) {
        return '<span translate="' + text + '"></span>';
      });
      element.html(html);
    }
  };
})

Reza's code work when scope is the scope for all of it child elements. However, if there's an ng-controller or something in one of the childnodes of this directive, the scope variables aren't found. However, with this solution ^, it just works!

Answer 2

Here's a more generic method I developed to solve this problem:

angular.module('kcd.directives').directive('kcdRecompile', function($compile, $parse) {
  'use strict';
  return {
    scope: true, // required to be able to clear watchers safely
    compile: function(el) {
      var template = getElementAsHtml(el);
      return function link(scope, $el, attrs) {
        var stopWatching = scope.$parent.$watch(attrs.kcdRecompile, function(_new, _old) {
          var useBoolean = attrs.hasOwnProperty('useBoolean');
          if ((useBoolean && (!_new || _new === 'false')) || (!useBoolean && (!_new || _new === _old))) {
            return;
          }
          // reset kcdRecompile to false if we're using a boolean
          if (useBoolean) {
            $parse(attrs.kcdRecompile).assign(scope.$parent, false);
          }

          // recompile
          var newEl = $compile(template)(scope.$parent);
          $el.replaceWith(newEl);

          // Destroy old scope, reassign new scope.
          stopWatching();
          scope.$destroy();
        });
      };
    }
  };

  function getElementAsHtml(el) {
    return angular.element('<a></a>').append(el.clone()).html();
  }
});

You use it like so:

HTML

<div kcd-recompile="recompile.things" use-boolean>
  <div ng-repeat="thing in ::things">
    <img ng-src="{{::thing.getImage()}}">
    <span>{{::thing.name}}</span>
  </div>
</div>

JavaScript

$scope.recompile = { things: false };
$scope.$on('things.changed', function() { // or some other notification mechanism that you need to recompile...
  $scope.recompile.things = true;
});

Edit

If you're looking at this, I would seriously recommend looking at the website's version as that is likely to be more up to date.

Answer 3

You have to $compile your inner html like

.directive('autotranslate', function($interpolate, $compile) {
    return function(scope, element, attr) {
      var html = element.html();
      debugger;
      html = html.replace(/\[\[(\w+)\]\]/g, function(_, text) {
        return '<span translate="' + text + '"></span>';
      });
      element.html(html);
      $compile(element.contents())(scope); //<---- recompilation 
    }
  })