I\'m trying to use ng-animate
to get a behavior similar to JQuery\'s slideUp()
and slideDown()
. Only I\'d rather use ng-show
This can actually be done in CSS and very minimal JS just by adding a CSS class (don't set styles directly in JS!) with e.g. a ng-click
event. The principle is that one can't animate height: 0;
to height: auto;
but this can be tricked by animating the max-height
property. The container will expand to it's "auto-height" value when .foo-open
is set - no need for fixed height or positioning.
.foo {
max-height: 0;
}
.foo--open {
max-height: 1000px; /* some arbitrary big value */
transition: ...
}
see this fiddle by the excellent Lea Verou
As a concern raised in the comments, note that while this animation works perfectly with linear easing, any exponential easing will produce a behaviour different from what could be expected - due to the fact that the animated property is max-height
and not height
itself; specifically, only the height
fraction of the easing curve of max-height
will be displayed.
I ended up abandoning the code for my other answer to this question and going with this answer instead.
I believe the best way to do this is to not use ng-show
and ng-animate
at all.
/* Executes jQuery slideDown and slideUp based on value of toggle-slidedown
attribute. Set duration using slidedown-duration attribute. Add the
toggle-required attribute to all contained form controls which are
input, select, or textarea. Defaults to hidden (up) if not specified
in slidedown-init attribute. */
fboApp.directive('toggleSlidedown', function(){
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function (scope, elem, attrs, ctrl) {
if ('down' == attrs.slidedownInit){
elem.css('display', '');
} else {
elem.css('display', 'none');
}
scope.$watch(attrs.toggleSlidedown, function (val) {
var duration = _.isUndefined(attrs.slidedownDuration) ? 150 : attrs.slidedownDuration;
if (val) {
elem.slideDown(duration);
} else {
elem.slideUp(duration);
}
});
}
}
});
I've written an Angular directive that does slideToggle()
without jQuery.
https://github.com/EricWVGG/AngularSlideables
What's wrong with actually using ng-animate
for ng-show
as you mentioned?
<script src="lib/angulr.js"></script>
<script src="lib/angulr_animate.js"></script>
<script>
var app=angular.module('ang_app', ['ngAnimate']);
app.controller('ang_control01_main', function($scope) {
});
</script>
<style>
#myDiv {
transition: .5s;
background-color: lightblue;
height: 100px;
}
#myDiv.ng-hide {
height: 0;
}
</style>
<body ng-app="ang_app" ng-controller="ang_control01_main">
<input type="checkbox" ng-model="myCheck">
<div id="myDiv" ng-show="myCheck"></div>
</body>
update for Angular 1.2+ (v1.2.6 at the time of this post):
.stuff-to-show {
position: relative;
height: 100px;
-webkit-transition: top linear 1.5s;
transition: top linear 1.5s;
top: 0;
}
.stuff-to-show.ng-hide {
top: -100px;
}
.stuff-to-show.ng-hide-add,
.stuff-to-show.ng-hide-remove {
display: block!important;
}
(plunker)
You should use Javascript animations for this - it is not possible in pure CSS, because you can't know the height of any element. Follow the instructions it has for you about javascript animation implementation, and copy slideUp and slideDown from jQuery's source.