Have $formatters be called when view is first populated?

Question

NgModelController provides $formatters for model -> view transformations. I am playing with it in this fiddle. It works fine after I make changes t

Answer 1

Whenever the $modelValue changes, all the $formatters are called. So after the call to read(), set the $modelValue to kick the $formatters to run:

read();                    // initialize
ngModel.$modelValue = '';  // causes $formatters to run

See also this google group post.