How to dynamically disable ui-sortable directive in angular-ui

Question

I am using angular-ui for sortable using ui-sortable directive. Is it possible to dynamically enable/disable sortable functionality based on the scope state? So I need to have a

Answer 1

The angular directive supports watching when the sortable options change:

scope.$watch(attrs.uiSortable, function(newVal, oldVal){

So all you had to do was look at the jqueryui sortable documentation, and update the correct property on the plugin.

Html

   
{{ item }}
 
Is Disabled: {{sortableOptions.disabled}}

JS

app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.items = ["One", "Two", "Three"];

  $scope.sortableOptions = {
    disabled: true
  };
});