Prevent input from setting form $dirty angularjs

Question

I have an ng form on a page. Inside the form I have several controls which need to display a save dialog when the form is dirty, ie form.$dirty = true. However there are some na

Answer 1

Here's a version of @acacia's answer using a directive and not using $timeout. This will keep your controllers cleaner.

.directive('noDirtyCheck', function() {
  // Interacting with input elements having this directive won't cause the
  // form to be marked dirty.
  return {
    restrict: 'A',
    require: 'ngModel',
    link: function(scope, elm, attrs, ctrl) {
      ctrl.$pristine = false;
    }
  }
});

Then use it in your form like so: