Extracted Page: http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#getstarted

Angular-xeditable is a bundle of AngularJS directives that allows you to create editable elements.
Such technique is also known as click-to-edit or edit-in-place.
It is based on ideas of x-editable but was written from scratch to use power of angular and support complex forms / editable grids.

Dependencies

Basically it does not depend on any libraries except AngularJS itself.
For themes you may need to include Twitter Bootstrap CSS.
For some extra controls (e.g. datepicker) you may need to include angular-ui bootstrap.

Controls & Features

Include Angular.js in your project

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.8/angular.min.js"></script>

Optionally include Bootstrap CSS for theming

<link rel="nofollow" href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

Install angular-xeditable via bower or download latest zip
```
bower install angular-xeditable 
```

Include angular-xeditable into your project

<link rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/bower_components/angular-xeditable/dist/css/xeditable.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="/img.php?alt=4wi55n&src=http%3A%2F%2Fvitalets.github.io%2Fangular-xeditable%2Fbower_components%2Fangular-xeditable%2Fdist%2Fjs%2Fxeditable.js"></script>

Define angular app and add "xeditable" to dependencies

<html ng-app="app">

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

Set theme in app.run:

app.run(function(editableOptions) {
  editableOptions.theme = 'bs3'; // bootstrap3 theme. Can be also 'bs2', 'default'
});

Markup element that should be editable

<div ng-controller="Ctrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-text="user.name">{{ user.name || "empty" }}</a>
</div>

Define controller

app.controller('Ctrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.user = {
    name: 'awesome user'
  };  
});

Enjoy!

demo

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{{ debug["text-simple"] | json }}

To make element editable via textbox just add editable-text="model.field" attribute.

html

<div ng-controller="TextSimpleCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-text="user.name">{{ user.name || 'empty' }}</a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('TextSimpleCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.user = {
    name: 'awesome user'
  };  
});

demo

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{{ debug["select-local"] | json }}

To create editable select (dropdown) just set editable-select attribute pointing to model. To pass dropdown options you should define e-ng-options attribute that works like normal angular ng-options but is transfered to underlying <select> from original element.

html

<div ng-controller="SelectLocalCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-select="user.status" e-ng-options="s.value as s.text for s in statuses">
    {{ showStatus() }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('SelectLocalCtrl', function($scope, $filter) {
  $scope.user = {
    status: 2
  }; 

  $scope.statuses = [
    {value: 1, text: 'status1'},
    {value: 2, text: 'status2'},
    {value: 3, text: 'status3'},
    {value: 4, text: 'status4'}
  ]; 

  $scope.showStatus = function() {
    var selected = $filter('filter')($scope.statuses, {value: $scope.user.status});
    return ($scope.user.status && selected.length) ? selected[0].text : 'Not set';
  };
});

demo

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{{ debug["select-remote"] | json }}

To load select options from remote url you should define onshow attribute pointing to scope function. The result of function should be a $http promise, it allows to disable element while loading.

html

<div ng-controller="SelectRemoteCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-select="user.group" onshow="loadGroups()" e-ng-options="g.id as g.text for g in groups">
    {{ user.groupName || 'not set' }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('SelectRemoteCtrl', function($scope, $filter, $http) {
  $scope.user = {
    group: 4,
    groupName: 'admin' // original value
  }; 

  $scope.groups = [];

  $scope.loadGroups = function() {
    return $scope.groups.length ? null : $http.get('/groups').success(function(data) {
      $scope.groups = data;
    });
  };

  $scope.$watch('user.group', function(newVal, oldVal) {
    if (newVal !== oldVal) {
      var selected = $filter('filter')($scope.groups, {id: $scope.user.group});
      $scope.user.groupName = selected.length ? selected[0].text : null;
    }
  });
});

demo

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{{ debug["html5-inputs"] | json }}

Following HTML5 types are supported via editable-xxx directive:

email
tel
number
search
range
url
color
date
datetime
time
month
week

Please check browser support before using particular type in your project.

html

<div ng-controller="Html5InputsCtrl">
  <div>Email: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-email="user.email">{{ user.email || 'empty' }}</a></div>
  <div>Tel: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-tel="user.tel" e-pattern="\d{3}\-\d{2}\-\d{2}" e-title="xxx-xx-xx">{{ user.tel || 'empty' }}</a></div>
  <div>Number: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-number="user.number" e-min="18">{{ user.number || 'empty' }}</a></div>  
  <div>Range: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-range="user.range" e-step="5">{{ user.range || 'empty' }}</a></div>  
  <div>Url: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-url="user.url">{{ user.url || 'empty' }}</a></div>  
  <div>Search: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-search="user.search">{{ user.search || 'empty' }}</a></div>  
  <div>Color: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-color="user.color">{{ user.color || 'empty' }}</a></div>  
  <div>Date: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-date="user.date">{{ user.date || 'empty' }}</a></div>  
  <div>Time: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-time="user.time">{{ user.time || 'empty' }}</a></div>  
  <div>Datetime: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-datetime="user.datetime">{{ user.datetime || 'empty' }}</a></div>  
  <div>Month: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-month="user.month">{{ user.month || 'empty' }}</a></div>  
  <div>Week: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-week="user.week">{{ user.week || 'empty' }}</a></div>  
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('Html5InputsCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.user = {
    email: 'email@example.com',
    tel: '123-45-67',
    number: 29,
    range: 10,
    url: 'http://example.com',
    search: 'blabla',
    color: '#6a4415',
    date: null,
    time: '12:30',
    datetime: null,
    month: null,
    week: null
  };  
});

demo

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{{ user.desc || 'no description' }}

{{ debug["textarea"] | json }}

To make element editable via textarea just add editable-textarea attribute pointing to model in scope. You can also wrap content into <pre> tags to keep linebreaks. Data can be submitted by Ctrl + Enter.

html

<div ng-controller="TextareaCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-textarea="user.desc" e-rows="7" e-cols="40">
    <pre>{{ user.desc || 'no description' }}</pre>
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('TextareaCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.user = {
    desc: 'Awesome user \ndescription!'
  };
});

demo

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{{ debug["checkbox"] | json }}

To make element editable via checkbox just add editable-checkbox attribute pointing to model in scope. Set e-title attribute to define text shown with checkbox.

html

<div ng-controller="CheckboxCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-checkbox="user.remember" e-title="Remember?">
    {{ user.remember && "Remember me!" || "Don't remember" }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('CheckboxCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.user = {
    remember: true
  };  
});

demo

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{{ debug["checklist"] | json }}

To create list of checkboxes use editable-checklist attribute pointing to model. Also you should define e-ng-options attribute to set value and display items.

Please note, you should include checklist-model directive into your app: var app = angular.module("app", [..., "checklist-model"]);.

By default, checkboxes aligned horizontally. To align vertically just add following CSS:

.editable-checklist label {
  display: block;
}

html

<div ng-controller="ChecklistCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-checklist="user.status" e-ng-options="s.value as s.text for s in statuses">
    {{ showStatus() }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('ChecklistCtrl', function($scope, $filter) {
  $scope.user = {
    status: [2, 3]
  }; 

  $scope.statuses = [
    {value: 1, text: 'status1'},
    {value: 2, text: 'status2'},
    {value: 3, text: 'status3'}
  ]; 

  $scope.showStatus = function() {
    var selected = [];
    angular.forEach($scope.statuses, function(s) { 
      if ($scope.user.status.indexOf(s.value) >= 0) {
        selected.push(s.text);
      }
    });
    return selected.length ? selected.join(', ') : 'Not set';
  };

});

demo

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{{ debug["radiolist"] | json }}

To create list of radios use editable-radiolist attribute pointing to model. Also you should define e-ng-options attribute to set value and display items. By default, radioboxes aligned horizontally. To align vertically just add following CSS:

.editable-radiolist label {
  display: block;
}

html

<div ng-controller="RadiolistCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-radiolist="user.status" e-ng-options="s.value as s.text for s in statuses">
    {{ showStatus() }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('RadiolistCtrl', function($scope, $filter) {
  $scope.user = {
    status: 2
  }; 

  $scope.statuses = [
    {value: 1, text: 'status1'},
    {value: 2, text: 'status2'}
  ]; 

  $scope.showStatus = function() {
    var selected = $filter('filter')($scope.statuses, {value: $scope.user.status});
    return ($scope.user.status && selected.length) ? selected[0].text : 'Not set';
  };
});

demo

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{{ debug["bsdate"] | json }}

Date control is implemented via Angular-ui bootstrap datepicker.
Currently it has only Bootstrap 2 version, Bootstrap 3 version is in progress.
You should include additional ui-bootstrap-tpls.min.js:

<script src="/img.php?alt=1obtzuo&src=http%3A%2F%2Fcdnjs.cloudflare.com%2Fajax%2Flibs%2Fangular-ui-bootstrap%2F0.6.0%2Fui-bootstrap-tpls.min.js"></script>

Add ui.bootstrap as module dependency:

var app = angular.module("app", ["xeditable", "ui.bootstrap"]);

And set editable-bsdate attribute in editable element. Other parameters can be defined via e-* syntax, e.g. e-datepicker-popup="dd-MMMM-yyyy".

html

<div ng-controller="BsdateCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-bsdate="user.dob" e-datepicker-popup="dd-MMMM-yyyy">
    {{ (user.dob | date:"dd/MM/yyyy") || 'empty' }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('BsdateCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.user = {
    dob: new Date(1984, 4, 15)
  };
});

demo

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{{ debug["bstime"] | json }}

Time control is implemented via Angular-ui bootstrap timepicker.
Currently it has only Bootstrap 2 version, Bootstrap 3 version is in progress.
You should include additional ui-bootstrap-tpls.min.js:

<script src="/img.php?alt=1obtzuo&src=http%3A%2F%2Fcdnjs.cloudflare.com%2Fajax%2Flibs%2Fangular-ui-bootstrap%2F0.6.0%2Fui-bootstrap-tpls.min.js"></script>

Add ui.bootstrap as module dependency:

var app = angular.module("app", ["xeditable", "ui.bootstrap"]);

And set editable-bstime attribute in editable element. Other parameters can be defined via e-* syntax, e.g. e-minute-step="10".

To get it working with Bootstrap 3 you should add following css:

/* temporary workaround for display editable-bstime in bs3 - up/down symbols not shown */
.editable-bstime .editable-input i.icon-chevron-up:before {
  content: '\e113';
}
.editable-bstime .editable-input i.icon-chevron-down:before {
  content: '\e114';
}
.editable-bstime .editable-input i.icon-chevron-up,
.editable-bstime .editable-input i.icon-chevron-down {
  position: relative;
  top: 1px;
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: 'Glyphicons Halflings';
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 1;
}

html

<div ng-controller="BstimeCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-bstime="user.time" e-show-meridian="false" e-minute-step="10">
    {{ (user.time | date:"HH:mm") || 'empty' }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('BstimeCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.user = {
    time: new Date(1984, 4, 15, 19, 20)
  };
});

demo

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{{ debug["typeahead"] | json }}

Typeahead control is implemented via Angular-ui bootstrap typeahead.
Basically it is normal editable-text control with additional e-typeahead attributes.
You should include additional ui-bootstrap-tpls.min.js:

<script src="/img.php?alt=1obtzuo&src=http%3A%2F%2Fcdnjs.cloudflare.com%2Fajax%2Flibs%2Fangular-ui-bootstrap%2F0.6.0%2Fui-bootstrap-tpls.min.js"></script>

Then add ui.bootstrap as module dependency:

var app = angular.module("app", ["xeditable", "ui.bootstrap"]);

And finally set editable-text attribute pointing to model and e-typeahead attribute pointing to typeahead items. Other parameters can be defined via e-typeahead-* syntax, e.g. e-typeahead-wait-ms="100".

html

<div ng-controller="TypeaheadCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-text="user.state" e-typeahead="state for state in states | filter:$viewValue | limitTo:8">
    {{ user.state || 'empty' }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('TypeaheadCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.user = {
    state: 'Arizona'
  };

  $scope.states = ['Alabama', 'Alaska', 'Arizona', 'Arkansas', 'California', 'Colorado', 'Connecticut', 'Delaware', 'Florida', 'Georgia', 'Hawaii', 'Idaho', 'Illinois', 'Indiana', 'Iowa', 'Kansas', 'Kentucky', 'Louisiana', 'Maine', 'Maryland', 'Massachusetts', 'Michigan', 'Minnesota', 'Mississippi', 'Missouri', 'Montana', 'Nebraska', 'Nevada', 'New Hampshire', 'New Jersey', 'New Mexico', 'New York', 'North Dakota', 'North Carolina', 'Ohio', 'Oklahoma', 'Oregon', 'Pennsylvania', 'Rhode Island', 'South Carolina', 'South Dakota', 'Tennessee', 'Texas', 'Utah', 'Vermont', 'Virginia', 'Washington', 'West Virginia', 'Wisconsin', 'Wyoming'];
});

demo

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{{ debug["text-customize"] | json }}

To define attributes for input (e.g. style or placeholder) you can define them on the original element with e-* prefix (e.g. e-style or e-placeholder). When input will appear these attributes will be transfered to it.

html

<div ng-controller="TextCustomizeCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-text="user.name" e-style="color: green" e-required e-placeholder="Enter name">
    {{ (user.name || 'empty') | uppercase }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('TextCustomizeCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.user = {
    name: 'awesome user'
  };  
});

demo

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{{ user.name || 'empty' }} edit

{{ debug["text-btn"] | json }}

To trigger edit-in-place by external button you should define e-form attribute. Value of it is the name of variable to be created in scope that allows you to show / hide editor manually.

html

<div ng-controller="TextBtnCtrl">
  <span editable-text="user.name" e-form="textBtnForm">
    {{ user.name || 'empty' }}
  </span>
  <button class="btn btn-default" ng-click="textBtnForm.$show()" ng-hide="textBtnForm.$visible">
    edit
  </button>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('TextBtnCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.user = {
    name: 'awesome user'
  };  
});

demo

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{{ debug["select-nobuttons"] | json }}

To hide Ok and Cancel buttons you may set buttons="no" attribute. New value will be saved automatically after change.

html

<div ng-controller="SelectNobuttonsCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-select="user.status" buttons="no" e-ng-options="s.value as s.text for s in statuses">
    {{ showStatus() }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('SelectNobuttonsCtrl', function($scope, $filter) {
  $scope.user = {
    status: 2
  };

  $scope.statuses = [
    {value: 1, text: 'status1'},
    {value: 2, text: 'status2'},
    {value: 3, text: 'status3'},
    {value: 4, text: 'status4'}
  ];

  $scope.showStatus = function() {
    var selected = $filter('filter')($scope.statuses, {value: $scope.user.status});
    return ($scope.user.status && selected.length) ? selected[0].text : 'Not set';
  };
});

demo

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{{ debug["select-multiple"] | json }}

Just define e-multiple attribute that will be transfered to select as multiple.

html

<div ng-controller="SelectMultipleCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-select="user.status" e-multiple e-ng-options="s.value as s.text for s in statuses">
    {{ showStatus() }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('SelectMultipleCtrl', function($scope, $filter) {
  $scope.user = {
    status: [2, 4]
  }; 

  $scope.statuses = [
    {value: 1, text: 'status1'},
    {value: 2, text: 'status2'},
    {value: 3, text: 'status3'},
    {value: 4, text: 'status4'}
  ]; 

  $scope.showStatus = function() {
    var selected = [];
    angular.forEach($scope.statuses, function(s) { 
      if ($scope.user.status.indexOf(s.value) >= 0) {
        selected.push(s.text);
      }
    });
    return selected.length ? selected.join(', ') : 'Not set';
  };
});

demo

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{{ debug["validate-local"] | json }}

Validation is performed via onbeforesave attribute pointing to validation method. Value is available as $data parameter. If method returns string - validation failed and string shown as error message.

html

<div ng-controller="ValidateLocalCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-text="user.name" onbeforesave="checkName($data)">
    {{ user.name || 'empty' }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('ValidateLocalCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.user = {
    name: 'awesome user'
  };

  $scope.checkName = function(data) {
    if (data !== 'awesome') {
      return "Username should be `awesome`";
    }
  };
});

demo

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{{ debug["validate-remote"] | json }}

You can perform remote validation e.g. checking username in db. For that define validation method returning $q promise. If promise resolves to string validation failed.

html

<div ng-controller="ValidateRemoteCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-text="user.name" onbeforesave="checkName($data)">
    {{ user.name || 'empty' }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('ValidateRemoteCtrl', function($scope, $http, $q) {
  $scope.user = {
    name: 'awesome user'
  };

  $scope.checkName = function(data) {
    var d = $q.defer();
    $http.post('/checkName', {value: data}).success(function(res) {
      res = res || {};
      if(res.status === 'ok') { // {status: "ok"}
        d.resolve()
      } else { // {status: "error", msg: "Username should be `awesome`!"}
        d.resolve(res.msg)
      }
    }).error(function(e){
      d.reject('Server error!');
    });
    return d.promise;
  };
});

demo

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{{ debug["onbeforesave"] | json }}

One way to submit data on server is to define onbeforesave attribute pointing to some method of scope. Useful when you need to send data on server first and only then update local model (e.g. $scope.user). New value can be passed as $data parameter (e.g. <a ... onbeforesave="updateUser($data)">).

The main thing is that local model will be updated only if method returns true or undefined (or promise resolved to true/undefined). Commonly there are 3 cases depending on result type:

true or undefined: Success. Local model will be updated automatically and form will close.
false: Success. But local model will not be updated and form will close. Useful when you want to update local model manually (e.g. server changed values).
string: Error. Local model will not be updated, form will not close, string will be shown as error message. Useful for validation and processing errors.

html

<div ng-controller="OnbeforesaveCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-text="user.name" onbeforesave="updateUser($data)">
    {{ user.name || 'empty' }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('OnbeforesaveCtrl', function($scope, $http) {
  $scope.user = {
    id: 1,
    name: 'awesome user'
  };

  $scope.updateUser = function(data) {
    return $http.post('/updateUser', {id: $scope.user.id, name: data});
  };
});

demo

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{{ debug["onaftersave"] | json }}

Another way to submit data on server is to define onaftersave attribute pointing to some method of scope. Useful when you need to update local model first and only then send it to server. There are no input parameters as data already in local model.

The result type of this method can be following:

anything except string: success, form will be closed
string: error, form will not close, string will be shown as error message

Note that you can use both onbeforesave for validation and onaftersave for saving data.

html

<div ng-controller="OnaftersaveCtrl">
  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#" editable-text="user.name" onaftersave="updateUser()">
    {{ user.name || 'empty' }}
  </a>
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('OnaftersaveCtrl', function($scope, $http) {
  $scope.user = {
    id: 1,
    name: 'awesome user'
  };

  $scope.updateUser = function() {
    return $http.post('/updateUser', $scope.user);
  };
});

demo

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User name: {{ user.name || 'empty' }}

Status: {{ (statuses | filter:{value: user.status})[0].text || 'Not set' }}

Group: {{ showGroup() }}

Edit Save Cancel

To show several editable elements together and submit at once you should wrap them into <form editable-form name="myform" ...> tag. The name attribute of form will create variable in scope (normal angular behavior) and editable-form attribute will add a few methods to that variable:

$show()
$cancel()
$visible
$waiting

Use it to toggle editable state of form. For example, you can call myform.$show().

Editable form supports 3 additional attributes:

onshow: called when form is shown
onbeforesave: called on submit before local models update
onaftersave: called on submit after local models update

They work nearly the same as for individual editable elements. Use it instead of ng-submit / submit to get more control over saving process.

When you submit editable form it performs following steps:

call child's onbeforesave
call form's onbeforesave
write data to local model (e.g. $scope.user)
call form's onaftersave
call child's onaftersave

Any onbeforesave / onaftersave can be omited so in simplest case you will just write data to local model.

But in more complex case it becomes usefull:

If you need validation of individual editable elements then you should define onbeforesave on particular editable element.
The result of child's onbeforesave is important for next step:

string: submit will be cancelled, form will stay opened, string will be shown as error message
not string: submit will be continued

If you need to send data on server before writing to local model then you should define form's onbeforesave.
The result of form's onbeforesave is important for next step:

true or undefined: local model will be updated and form will call onaftersave
false: local model will not be updated and form will just close (e.g. you update local model yourself)
string: local model will not be updated and form will not close (e.g. server error)

If you need to send data on server after writing to local model then you should define form's onaftersave.
The result of form's onaftersave is also important for next step:

string: form will not close (e.g. server error)
not string: form will be closed

Commonly you should define onbeforesave for child elements to perform validation and onaftersave for whole form to send data on server.

Please have a look at examples.

html

<div ng-controller="EditableFormCtrl">
  <form editable-form name="editableForm" onaftersave="saveUser()">
    <div>
      <!-- editable username (text with validation) -->
      <span class="title">User name: </span>
      <span editable-text="user.name" e-name="name" onbeforesave="checkName($data)" e-required>{{ user.name || 'empty' }}</span>
    </div> 

    <div>
      <!-- editable status (select-local) -->
      <span class="title">Status: </span>
      <span editable-select="user.status" e-name="status" e-ng-options="s.value as s.text for s in statuses">
        {{ (statuses | filter:{value: user.status})[0].text || 'Not set' }}
      </span>
    </div>  

    <div>
      <!-- editable group (select-remote) -->
      <span class="title">Group: </span>
      <span editable-select="user.group" e-name="group" onshow="loadGroups()" e-ng-options="g.id as g.text for g in groups">
        {{ showGroup() }}
      </span>
    </div>

    <div class="buttons">
      <!-- button to show form -->
      <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" ng-click="editableForm.$show()" ng-show="!editableForm.$visible">
        Edit
      </button>
      <!-- buttons to submit / cancel form -->
      <span ng-show="editableForm.$visible">
        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" ng-disabled="editableForm.$waiting">
          Save
        </button>
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" ng-disabled="editableForm.$waiting" ng-click="editableForm.$cancel()">
          Cancel
        </button>
      </span>
    </div>
  </form>  
</div>

controller.js

app.controller('EditableFormCtrl', function($scope, $filter, $http) {
  $scope.user = {
    id: 1,
    name: 'awesome user',
    status: 2,
    group: 4,
    groupName: 'admin'
  }; 

  $scope.statuses = [
    {value: 1, text: 'status1'},
    {value: 2, text: 'status2'},
    {value: 3, text: 'status3'},
    {value: 4, text: 'status4'}
  ]; 

  $scope.groups = [];
  $scope.loadGroups = function() {
    return $scope.groups.length ? null : $http.get('/groups').success(function(data) {
      $scope.groups = data;
    });
  };

  $scope.showGroup = function() {
    if($scope.groups.length) {
      var selected = $filter('filter')($scope.groups, {id: $scope.user.group});
      return selected.length ? selected[0].text : 'Not set';
    } else {
      return $scope.user.groupName;
    }
  };

  $scope.checkName = function(data) {
    if (data !== 'awesome' && data !== 'error') {
      return "Username should be `awesome` or `error`";
    }
  };

  $scope.saveUser = function() {
    // $scope.user already updated!
    return $http.post('/saveUser', $scope.user).error(function(err) {
      if(err.field && err.msg) {
        // err like {field: "name", msg: "Server-side error for this username!"} 
        $scope.editableForm.$setError(err.field, err.msg);
      } else { 
        // unknown error
        $scope.editableForm.$setError('name', 'Unknown error!');
      }
    });
  };
});

demo

jsFiddle

Name	Status	Group	Edit
{{ user.name \|\| 'empty' }}	{{ showStatus(user) }}	{{ showGroup(user) }}	edit del

Add row

To create editable row in table you should place editable elements in cells with e-form attribute pointing to form's name. The form itself can appear later (e.g. in last column) but it will work. Don't forget to add editable-form attribute to the form. The form behavior is absolutely the same as described in Editable form section

html

<div ng-controller="EditableRowCtrl">
  <table class="table table-bordered table-hover table-condensed">
    <tr style="font-weight: bold">
      <td style="width:35%">Name</td>
      <td style="width:20%">Status</td>
      <td style="width:20%">Group</td>
      <td style="width:25%">Edit</td>
    </tr>
    <tr ng-repeat="user in users">
      <td>
        <!-- editable username (text with validation) -->
        <span editable-text="user.name" e-name="name" e-form="rowform" onbeforesave="checkName($data, user.id)" e-required>
          {{ user.name || 'empty' }}
        </span>
      </td>
      <td>
        <!-- editable status (select-local) -->
        <span editable-select="user.status" e-name="status" e-form="rowform" e-ng-options="s.value as s.text for s in statuses">
          {{ showStatus(user) }}
        </span>
      </td>
      <td>
        <!-- editable group (select-remote) -->
        <span editable-select="user.group" e-name="group" onshow="loadGroups()" e-form="rowform" e-ng-options="g.id as g.text for g in groups">
          {{ showGroup(user) }}
        </span>
      </td>
      <td style="white-space: nowrap">
        <!-- form -->
        <form editable-form name="rowform" onbeforesave="saveUser($data, user.id)" ng-show="rowform.$visible" class="form-buttons form-inline" shown="inserted == user">
          <button type="submit" ng-disabled="rowform.$waiting" class="btn btn-primary">
            save
          </button>
          <button type="button" ng-disabled="rowform.$waiting" ng-click="rowform.$cancel()" class="btn btn-default">
            cancel
          </button>
        </form>
        <div class="buttons" ng-show="!rowform.$visible">
          <button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="rowform.$show(

Edit in place for AngularJS

Edit in place for AngularJS

Extracted Page: http://vitalets.github.io/angular-xeditable/#getstarted

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