Angular 2 Show and Hide an element

There are two options depending what you want to achieve :

1. You can use the hidden directive to show or hide an element

   <div [hidden]="!edited" class="alert alert-success box-msg" role="alert">
     <strong>List Saved!</strong> Your changes has been saved.
   </div>
   

2. You can use the ngIf control directive to add or remove the element. This is different of the hidden directive because it does not show / hide the element, but it add / remove from the DOM. You can loose unsaved data of the element. It can be the better choice for an edit component that is cancelled.

   <div *ngIf="edited" class="alert alert-success box-msg" role="alert"> 
     <strong>List Saved!</strong> Your changes has been saved.
   </div>
   

For you problem of change after 3 seconds, it can be due to incompatibility with setTimeout. Did you include angular2-polyfills.js library in your page ?

You should use the *ngIf Directive

<div *ngIf="edited" class="alert alert-success box-msg" role="alert">
        <strong>List Saved!</strong> Your changes has been saved.
</div>


export class AppComponent implements OnInit{

  (...)
  public edited = false;
  (...)
  saveTodos(): void {
   //show box msg
   this.edited = true;
   //wait 3 Seconds and hide
   setTimeout(function() {
       this.edited = false;
       console.log(this.edited);
   }.bind(this), 3000);
  }
}

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Update: you are missing the reference to the outer scope when you are inside the Timeout callback.

so add the .bind(this) like I added Above

Q : edited is a global variable. What would be your approach within a *ngFor-loop? – Blauhirn

A : I would add edit as a property to the object I am iterating over.

<div *ngFor="let obj of listOfObjects" *ngIf="obj.edited" class="alert alert-success box-msg" role="alert">
        <strong>List Saved!</strong> Your changes has been saved.
</div>


export class AppComponent implements OnInit{
   
  public listOfObjects = [
    {
       name : 'obj - 1',
       edit : false
    },
    {
       name : 'obj - 2',
       edit : false
    },
    {
       name : 'obj - 2',
       edit : false
    } 
  ];
  saveTodos(): void {
   //show box msg
   this.edited = true;
   //wait 3 Seconds and hide
   setTimeout(function() {
       this.edited = false;
       console.log(this.edited);
   }.bind(this), 3000);
  }
}