Name: <input type="text" focus-me="shouldBeOpen">
app.directive('focusMe', function($timeout, $parse) {
return {
//scope: true, // optionally create a child scope
link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
var model = $parse(attrs.focusMe);
scope.$watch(model, function(value) {
console.log('value=',value);
if(value === true) {
$timeout(function() {
element[0].focus();
});
}
});
// to address @blesh's comment, set attribute value to 'false'
// on blur event:
element.bind('blur', function() {
console.log('blur');
scope.$apply(model.assign(scope, false));
});
}
};
});
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14833326/how-to-set-focus-on-input-field