How to pass multiple parameter to @Directives (@Components) in Angular with TypeScript?
From the Documentation
As with components, you can add as many directive property bindings as you need by stringing them along in the template.
Add an input property to
HighlightDirective
calleddefaultColor
:@Input() defaultColor: string;
Markup
<p [myHighlight]="color" defaultColor="violet"> Highlight me too! </p>
Angular knows that the
defaultColor
binding belongs to theHighlightDirective
because you made it public with the@Input
decorator.Either way, the
@Input
decorator tells Angular that this property is public and available for binding by a parent component. Without@Input
, Angular refuses to bind to the property.
For your example
With many parameters
Add properties into the Directive
class with @Input()
decorator
@Directive({
selector: '[selectable]'
})
export class SelectableDirective{
private el: HTMLElement;
@Input('selectable') option:any;
@Input('first') f;
@Input('second') s;
...
}
And in the template pass bound properties to your li
element
<li *ngFor = 'let opt of currentQuestion.options'
[selectable] = 'opt'
[first]='YourParameterHere'
[second]='YourParameterHere'
(selectedOption) = 'onOptionSelection($event)'>
{{opt.option}}
</li>
Here on the li
element we have a directive with name selectable
. In the selectable
we have two @Input()
's, f
with name first
and s
with name second
. We have applied these two on the li
properties with name [first]
and [second]
. And our directive will find these properties on that li
element, which are set for him with @Input()
decorator. So selectable
, [first]
and [second]
will be bound to every directive on li
, which has property with these names.
With single parameter
@Directive({
selector: '[selectable]'
})
export class SelectableDirective{
private el: HTMLElement;
@Input('selectable') option:any;
@Input('params') params;
...
}
Markup
<li *ngFor = 'let opt of currentQuestion.options'
[selectable] = 'opt'
[params]='{firstParam: 1, seconParam: 2, thirdParam: 3}'
(selectedOption) = 'onOptionSelection($event)'>
{{opt.option}}
</li>
to pass many options you can pass a object to a @Input decorator with custom data in a single line.
In the template
<li *ngFor = 'let opt of currentQuestion.options'
[selectable] = 'opt'
[myOptions] ="{first: opt.val1, second: opt.val2}" // these are your multiple parameters
(selectedOption) = 'onOptionSelection($event)' >
{{opt.option}}
</li>
so in Directive class
@Directive({
selector: '[selectable]'
})
export class SelectableDirective{
private el: HTMLElement;
@Input('selectable') option:any;
@Input('myOptions') data;
//do something with data.first
...
// do something with data.second
}
Another neat option is to use the Directive
as an element and not as an attribute.
@Directive({
selector: 'app-directive'
})
export class InformativeDirective implements AfterViewInit {
@Input()
public first: string;
@Input()
public second: string;
ngAfterViewInit(): void {
console.log(`Values: ${this.first}, ${this.second}`);
}
}
And this directive can be used like that:
<app-someKindOfComponent>
<app-directive [first]="'first 1'" [second]="'second 1'">A</app-directive>
<app-directive [first]="'First 2'" [second]="'second 2'">B</app-directive>
<app-directive [first]="'First 3'" [second]="'second 3'">C</app-directive>
</app-someKindOfComponent>`
Simple, neat and powerful.