There is an array of objects in my scope, I want to watch all the values of each object.
This is my code:
function TodoCtrl($scope) {
$scope.columns = [
{ field:'title', displayName: 'TITLE'},
{ field: 'content', displayName: 'CONTENT' }
];
$scope.$watch('columns', function(newVal) {
alert('columns changed');
});
}
But when I modify the values, e.g. I change TITLE
to TITLE2
, the alert('columns changed')
never popped.
How to deep watch the objects inside an array?
There is a live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/SYx9b/
You can set the 3rd argument of $watch
to true
:
$scope.$watch('data', function (newVal, oldVal) { /*...*/ }, true);
See https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/type/$rootScope.Scope#$watch
Since Angular 1.1.x you can also use $watchCollection to watch shallow watch (just the "first level" of) the collection.
$scope.$watchCollection('data', function (newVal, oldVal) { /*...*/ });
See https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/type/$rootScope.Scope#$watchCollection