Combining matty-j suggestion with the snippet of the question, I ended up with this code focusing on resizing the grid after the data was loaded.
The HTML:
<div ng-grid="gridOptions" class="gridStyle"></div>
The directive:
angular.module('myApp.directives', [])
.directive('resize', function ($window) {
return function (scope, element) {
var w = angular.element($window);
scope.getWindowDimensions = function () {
return { 'h': w.height(), 'w': w.width() };
};
scope.$watch(scope.getWindowDimensions, function (newValue, oldValue) {
// resize Grid to optimize height
$('.gridStyle').height(newValue.h - 250);
}, true);
w.bind('resize', function () {
scope.$apply();
});
}
});
The controller:
angular.module('myApp').controller('Admin/SurveyCtrl', function ($scope, $routeParams, $location, $window, $timeout, Survey) {
// Retrieve data from the server
$scope.surveys = Survey.query(function(data) {
// Trigger resize event informing elements to resize according to the height of the window.
$timeout(function () {
angular.element($window).resize();
}, 0)
});
// Configure ng-grid.
$scope.gridOptions = {
data: 'surveys',
...
};
}