How do you access the $on, $emit, $broadcast methods with Controller as syntax?

Question

Using $scope it\'s easy to emit an event or watch for one.

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    \"use strict\";

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Answer 1

In order to use anything that exists on $scope, you are forced to inject $scope. It's unfortunately that straightforward, which is a shortcoming of the "as" syntax.

The good news however is that injecting $scope alongside this does not change how the controller as syntax functions, it simply gives you access to all of the event management that lives on $scope.

It's worth noting that this is one of the primary reasons for what is coming in Angular 2.0...there is a real problem and discrepancy between $scope and the "Controller as" syntax that was bolted on to solve scoping issues in views.