Using html templates in angular's ng-switch

Question

Im making an 'interactive menu' that moves along with user clicks. Im wondering if there is a way to include html templates in ng-switch, since all the logic is different in each 'switch' - it will result in huge html files.

<div class="content" ng-switch on="selection">
 <div ng-switch-when="1" >
   <h1>1</h1>
 </div>
 <div ng-switch-when="2">
   <h1>2</h1>       
 </div>
</div>

Branum

Answer 1

Use ngInclude:

<div class="content" ng-switch on="selection">
    <div ng-switch-when="1" >
        <ng-include src="'template1.html'"></ng-include>
    </div>
    <div ng-switch-when="2">
        <ng-include src="'template2.html'"></ng-include>
    </div>
</div>

Note: Dont forget to use single quotes wrapped inside the double quotes if you are hard-coding the path.

Diffusivity

+1 just for pointing out the crucial point that one has to use single quotes as well, along with double quotes. If not used, the templates wont show up. – Bunche

Answer 2

You should be able to do it with ng-include directive :

<div class="content" ng-switch on="selection">
    <ng-switch-when="1" ng-include="//TEMPLATE PATH">
    <ng-switch-when="2" ng-include="//TEMPLATE 2 PATH">
</div> 

Desiderata

This is the better answer as it uses less markup (ng-include and switch on the same element) – Frore

Sorry, my mistake looks like there are problems: github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/4731 – Frore

As of Angular 1.2, you can't use ng-include inside ng-switch. If you want less markup than @CodeHater's answer, use <div ng-if="selection===1" ng-include="'html/template1.html'"></div> – Fern

Can this be done by tweaking the Directive itself so that templateUrl only loads on switch – Cayenne

I get an error using this method Error: [$compile:multidir] Multiple directives [ngSwitchWhen, ngInclude] asking for transclusion on: <div ng-switch-when="1" ng-include="'temp1.html'"> – Oracle

Answer 3

   **I used ng-Include this way.**

    <!-- Main content -->
    <div class="row">

      <!-- right col -->
      <section class="col-lg-12">
        <ul class="nav nav-tabs responsive ui-tabbed" id="myTab">
          <li class="active">
            <a  data-ng-click=' main.active.tab = "tab-1" '>Tab 1</a>
          </li>

    </ul>
    <!-- end responsive tabs -->

    <div class="tab-content ui-tabbed-contents responsive">
    <div data-ng-switch = " main.active.tab ">
      <div data-ng-switch-when='tab-1' >
        <ng-include src="'tab-one.html'" ></ng-include>
      </div>

    </div>

    </div>


    </div>
    <!-- end main tabs container -->
    </section>

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