I was looking for a inline editing solution and I found a plunker that seemed promising, but it didn't work for me out of the box. After some tinkering with the code I got it working. Kudos to the person who made the initial effort to code this piece.
The example is available here http://plnkr.co/edit/EsW7mV?p=preview
Here goes the code:
app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope) {
$scope.updateTodo = function(indx) {
console.log(indx);
};
$scope.cancelEdit = function(value) {
console.log('Canceled editing', value);
};
$scope.todos = [
{id:123, title: 'Lord of the things'},
{id:321, title: 'Hoovering heights'},
{id:231, title: 'Watership brown'}
];
});
// On esc event
app.directive('onEsc', function() {
return function(scope, elm, attr) {
elm.bind('keydown', function(e) {
if (e.keyCode === 27) {
scope.$apply(attr.onEsc);
}
});
};
});
// On enter event
app.directive('onEnter', function() {
return function(scope, elm, attr) {
elm.bind('keypress', function(e) {
if (e.keyCode === 13) {
scope.$apply(attr.onEnter);
}
});
};
});
// Inline edit directive
app.directive('inlineEdit', function($timeout) {
return {
scope: {
model: '=inlineEdit',
handleSave: '&onSave',
handleCancel: '&onCancel'
},
link: function(scope, elm, attr) {
var previousValue;
scope.edit = function() {
scope.editMode = true;
previousValue = scope.model;
$timeout(function() {
elm.find('input')[0].focus();
}, 0, false);
};
scope.save = function() {
scope.editMode = false;
scope.handleSave({value: scope.model});
};
scope.cancel = function() {
scope.editMode = false;
scope.model = previousValue;
scope.handleCancel({value: scope.model});
};
},
templateUrl: 'inline-edit.html'
};
});
Directive template:
<div>
<input type="text" on-enter="save()" on-esc="cancel()" ng-model="model" ng-show="editMode">
<button ng-click="cancel()" ng-show="editMode">cancel</button>
<button ng-click="save()" ng-show="editMode">save</button>
<span ng-mouseenter="showEdit = true" ng-mouseleave="showEdit = false">
<span ng-hide="editMode" ng-click="edit()">{{model}}</span>
<a ng-show="showEdit" ng-click="edit()">edit</a>
</span>
</div>
To use it just add water:
<div ng-repeat="todo in todos"
inline-edit="todo.title"
on-save="updateTodo($index)"
on-cancel="cancelEdit(todo.title)"></div>
UPDATE:
Another option is to use the readymade Xeditable for AngularJS: