AngularJS ng-click not firing from anchor click

Question

I have an AngularJS link that is not firing, so that when the item is clicked, nothing happens. The click event only has one line of code, that works in other parts of the website:

// Load Add Job Template
dashboard.loadAddJob = function() {
    dashboard.global.template = "templates/AddJob.html";
}

And the click element is a simple link:

<a ng-click="loadAddJob()">
    <i class="fa fa-plus-square-o"></i><br />
    Add <br />Job
</a>

Everything else works on the page so I know the controller and app are both declared correctly. Is there something I'm missing?

what is dashboard? Is dashboard your this instance(controller As syntax)? — Vivz
– Vivz, Commented Jun 26, 2017 at 9:12
You should know by now to provide a minimal reproducible example — charlietfl
– charlietfl, Commented Jun 26, 2017 at 9:15

Sajeetharan · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-26 09:14:53Z

3

your function should be,

$scope.loadAddJob = function() {
    dashboard.global.template = "templates/AddJob.html";
}

if you are using Controller as syntax, the HTML should be changed to,

<a ng-click="dashboard.loadAddJob()">

edited Jun 26, 2017 at 9:14

answered Jun 26, 2017 at 9:12

Sajeetharan

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3 Comments

George Over a year ago

Or they could be using the controllerAs syntax in which case they'd need to change ng-click="dashboard.loadAddJob()"

Sajeetharan Over a year ago

then it should be <a ng-click="dashboard.loadAddJob()">

Web Develop Wolf Over a year ago

I've missed it out but I have a line in my code that renames the $scope for ease var dashboard = this - putting dashboard at the start of the function in the ng-click did fix the issue though, thanks!

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