Insert HTML into view from AngularJS controller

Question

Is it possible to create an HTML fragment in an AngularJS controller and have this HTML shown in the view?

This comes from a requirement to turn an

Answer 1

Another solution, very similar to blrbr's except using a scoped attribute is:

angular.module('app')
.directive('renderHtml', ['$compile', function ($compile) {
    return {
      restrict: 'E',
      scope: {
        html: '='
      },
      link: function postLink(scope, element, attrs) {

          function appendHtml() {
              if(scope.html) {
                  var newElement = angular.element(scope.html);
                  $compile(newElement)(scope);
                  element.append(newElement);
              }
          }

          scope.$watch(function() { return scope.html }, appendHtml);
      }
    };
  }]);

And then

Note you may replace element.append() with element.replaceWith()