Watch multiple $scope attributes
Is there a way to subscribe to events on multiple objects using $watch E.g. $scope.$watch('item1, item2', function () { }); Starting from AngularJS 1.3 there's a new method called $watchGroup for observing a set of expressions. $scope.foo = 'foo'; $scope.bar = 'bar'; $scope.$watchGroup(['foo', 'bar'], function(newValues, oldValues, scope) { // newValues array contains the current values of the watch expressions // with the indexes matching those of the watchExpression array // i.e. // newValues[0] -> $scope.foo // and // newValues[1] -> $scope.bar }); Beginning with AngularJS 1.1.4 you can use