I want to load a specific CSS file only when a user accesses the contact.html
view on my AngularJS app/site. I found this answer which almost made sense to me H
I think the best/simplest answer is one I left here. Someone else asked the same question, so I came up with some simple code and a small github repo to handle this scenario.
I made a service for it.
Important part of the code :
var head = angular.element(document.querySelector('head')); // TO make the code IE < 8 compatible, include jQuery in your page and replace "angular.element(document.querySelector('head'))" by "angular.element('head')"
if(head.scope().injectedStylesheets === undefined)
{
head.scope().injectedStylesheets = [];
head.append($compile("<link data-ng-repeat='stylesheet in injectedStylesheets' data-ng-href='{{stylesheet.href}}' rel='stylesheet' />")(scope)); // Found here : http://stackoverflow.com/a/11913182/1662766
}
head.scope().injectedStylesheets.push({href: "/url/to/style.css"});
Full code in Github : https://github.com/Yappli/angular-css-injector)
UPDATED: Here is the solution to inject(load) a specific CSS using the $routeProvider.
The solution described below is an alternative to apply different classes and page title based on the route which could be used in other situations.
For each route I've created a new key called 'bodyClass' and 'title' (but you could called anything you like it) and it looks like this:
'use strict';
var myApp = angular.module('myApp', 'ngResource'])
.config(function ($routeProvider) {
myApp.siteName = 'My Cool App';
$routeProvider
.when('/home', {
title:'Home - ' + myApp.siteName,
bodyClass: 'home',
templateUrl: 'views/home.html',
controler: 'bmsHomeCtrl'
})
.when('/contact', {
title:'Contact - ' + myApp.siteName,
bodyClass: 'contact',
templateUrl: 'views/contact.html',
controler: 'bmsContactCtrl'
})
.otherwise({
redirectTo: '/home'
});
});
Then for each $routeChangeSuccess event I change the <title>
of the page and also the class of the <body>
.
myApp.run(['$location', '$rootScope', function($location, $rootScope) {
$rootScope.$on('$routeChangeSuccess', function (event, current, previous) {
if (current.$$route) {
$rootScope.title = current.$$route.title;
$rootScope.bodyClass = current.$$route.bodyClass;
}
});
}]);
You put the code above on the same main app.js (for example) file.
On my index.html page, which renders the views, I have the following codes to pick up the title and class:
<title>{{ title }}</title>
<body class="{{ bodyClass }}">
So if i visit the home page of my application the title tag will be
<tittle> Home - My Cool App</tittle>
and the body tag will be
<body class="home">
It's working like a charm.
I know this solution doesn't load a CSS file, but you could put those styles inside a '.contact' class that is applied only when you hit a specific route.
Not sure if solves your problem but I hope that helps or at least point you on the right direction.
For a full solution I suggest using AngularCSS.
As you already know, in Angular we can include templates (structure) and controllers (behavior) in pages and components. AngularCSS enables the last missing piece: attaching stylesheets (presentation).
Routes example:
$routeProvider
.when('/page1', {
templateUrl: 'page1/page1.html',
controller: 'page1Ctrl',
/* Now you can bind css to routes */
css: 'page1/page1.css'
})
.when('/page2', {
templateUrl: 'page2/page2.html',
controller: 'page2Ctrl',
/* You can also enable features like bust cache, persist and preload */
css: {
href: 'page2/page2.css',
bustCache: true
}
})
.when('/page3', {
templateUrl: 'page3/page3.html',
controller: 'page3Ctrl',
/* This is how you can include multiple stylesheets */
css: ['page3/page3.css','page3/page3-2.css']
})
.when('/page4', {
templateUrl: 'page4/page4.html',
controller: 'page4Ctrl',
css: [
{
href: 'page4/page4.css',
persist: true
}, {
href: 'page4/page4.mobile.css',
/* Media Query support via window.matchMedia API
* This will only add the stylesheet if the breakpoint matches */
media: 'screen and (max-width : 768px)'
}, {
href: 'page4/page4.print.css',
media: 'print'
}
]
});
Directive example:
myApp.directive('myDirective', function () {
return {
restrict: 'E',
templateUrl: 'my-directive/my-directive.html',
css: 'my-directive/my-directive.css'
}
});
You can read more about AngularCSS here:
http://door3.com/insights/introducing-angularcss-css-demand-angularjs