Angular ng-messages: how to check password confirmation?

Question

THE SITUATION:

I am using ng-messages directive for instant validation in my angular app. Everything is working fine except one thing: i need to validate the field 'password confirmation' and don't know how to do.

THE CODE:

<form name="autentication_form" novalidate="" ng-submit="submit_register()">

    <label class="item item-input">
        <span class="input-label">Email</span>
        <input type="text" name="email" ng-model="registerData.email" required>

        <div class="form-errors" ng-messages="autentication_form.email.$error" role="alert" ng-if='autentication_form.email.$dirty'>
            <div class="form-error" ng-message="required">You did not enter the email</div>
        </div>
    </label>

    <label class="item item-input">
        <span class="input-label">Password</span>
        <input type="password" name="password" ng-model="registerData.password" required>

        <div class="form-errors" ng-messages="autentication_form.password.$error" role="alert" ng-if='autentication_form.password.$dirty'>
            <div class="form-error" ng-message="required">Please enter the password</div>
        </div>
    </label>

    <label class="item item-input">
        <span class="input-label">Password confirmation</span>
        <input type="password" name="password_confirmation" ng-model="registerData.password_confirmation" required>

        <div class="form-errors" ng-messages="autentication_form.password_confirmation.$error" role="alert" ng-if='autentication_form.password_confirmation.$dirty'>
            <div class="form-error" ng-message="required">Password confirmation required</div>
        </div>
    </label>

</form>

THE QUESTION:

How can i check that the password confirmation match using ng-messages?

Answer 1

The easiest approach is to use a pattern. Works fine for me!

<input type="password" name="new_password1" ng-model="new_password1">

<input type="password" name="new_password2" ng-pattern="\b{{new_password1}}\b" ng-model="new_password2">
<div ng-messages="passwordForm.new_password2.$error">
    <div ng-message="pattern">Not equal!!!</div>
</div>