Why populating ng-model inside forms should be followed by $scope.$apply?

Question

I have a form:

Answer 1

Please see demo below

You need to change name of your form from 'placeThis' to something else like 'placeThisForm' otherwise you overwriting $scope.placeThis values set in your controller.

Please see demo below

var app = angular.module('app', []);

app.controller('homeCtrl', function($scope) {

  $scope.placeThis = {
    target: "One",
    name: "Tim"

  };


});

  

    
      Target
      
      Name