I have been trying to get a nested form to validate properly and then call a function on my controller when the submit button is clicked. I have tried remove all buttons except the submit button and it does not work. The only thing that I have been able to get to work is Ng-click on the button but I need validation and this method did not allow validation to fire.
Here is the method in the Controller and HTML which works if called via a ng-click
saveRow(row: ControlDetailDTO) {
row.FiscalYearValues.forEach(value => {
value.ActualValue = value.PreviousYear + value.DeltaValue;
});
this.controlsDataContext.saveDetail(row).then((results) => {
console.log(results);
row.editMode = false;
}).catch((err) => {
this.$scope.error = err.data.ExceptionMessage;
});
}<table class="table table-striped table-responsive">
<tr ng-repeat-start="control in newControl.ControlDetails" class="headerLightBlue" ng-show="$first" ng-form="edit">
<th colspan="2">Category</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>{{control.FiscalYearValues[0].FiscalYear.FiscalYearName }}</th>
<th>{{control.FiscalYearValues[1].FiscalYear.FiscalYearName }}</th>
<th>{{control.FiscalYearValues[2].FiscalYear.FiscalYearName }}</th>
<th>{{control.FiscalYearValues[3].FiscalYear.FiscalYearName }}</th>
<th>{{control.FiscalYearValues[4].FiscalYear.FiscalYearName }}</th>
<th>{{control.FiscalYearValues[5].FiscalYear.FiscalYearName }}</th>
<th></th>
<tr>
<ng-form name="edit" ng-submit="saveRow(control)" novalidate>
<td ng-show="control.editMode" colspan="2"><select name="Category" class="form-control" id="Category" required ng-model="control.Category" ng-options="category.CategoryName for category in categories track by category.Id"><option value="">Select Appropriation</option></select></td>
<td ng-show="!control.editMode" colspan="2">{{control.Category.CategoryName}}</td>
<td ng-show="!control.editMode">{{control.Description}}</td>
<td ng-show="!control.editMode" ng-style="common.setColorCurrency(control.FiscalYearValues[0].DeltaValue)">{{control.FiscalYearValues[0].DeltaValue | inThousands | currency : $ : 0}}</td>
<td ng-show="!control.editMode" ng-style="common.setColorCurrency(control.FiscalYearValues[1].DeltaValue)">{{control.FiscalYearValues[1].DeltaValue | inThousands | currency : $ : 0}}</td>
<td ng-show="!control.editMode" ng-style="common.setColorCurrency(control.FiscalYearValues[2].DeltaValue)">{{control.FiscalYearValues[2].DeltaValue | inThousands | currency : $ : 0}}</td>
<td ng-show="!control.editMode" ng-style="common.setColorCurrency(control.FiscalYearValues[3].DeltaValue)">{{control.FiscalYearValues[3].DeltaValue | inThousands | currency : $ : 0}}</td>
<td ng-show="!control.editMode" ng-style="common.setColorCurrency(control.FiscalYearValues[4].DeltaValue)">{{control.FiscalYearValues[4].DeltaValue | inThousands | currency : $ : 0}}</td>
<td ng-show="!control.editMode" ng-style="common.setColorCurrency(control.FiscalYearValues[5].DeltaValue)">{{control.FiscalYearValues[5].DeltaValue | inThousands | currency : $ : 0}}</td>
<td ng-show="control.editMode"><input name="Description" class="form-control input-md" id="Description" required="" type="text" placeholder="" ng-model="control.Description"></td>
<td ng-show="control.editMode" ng-style="common.setColorCurrency(control.FiscalYearValues[0].DeltaValue)"><input name="FY0" class="form-control input-md" id="FY0" required="" type="number" placeholder="" required ng-model="control.FiscalYearValues[0].DeltaValue"></td>
<td ng-show="control.editMode" ng-style="common.setColorCurrency(control.FiscalYearValues[1].DeltaValue)"><input name="FY1" class="form-control input-md" id="FY1" required="" type="number" placeholder="" required ng-model="control.FiscalYearValues[1].DeltaValue"></td>
<td ng-show="control.editMode" ng-style="common.setColorCurrency(control.FiscalYearValues[2].DeltaValue)"><input name="FY2" class="form-control input-md" id="FY2" required="" type="number" placeholder="" required ng-model="control.FiscalYearValues[2].DeltaValue"></td>
<td ng-show="control.editMode" ng-style="common.setColorCurrency(control.FiscalYearValues[3].DeltaValue)"><input name="FY3" class="form-control input-md" id="FY3" required="" type="number" placeholder="" required ng-model="control.FiscalYearValues[3].DeltaValue"></td>
<td ng-show="control.editMode" ng-style="common.setColorCurrency(control.FiscalYearValues[4].DeltaValue)"><input name="FY4" class="form-control input-md" id="FY4" required="" type="number" placeholder="" required ng-model="control.FiscalYearValues[4].DeltaValue"></td>
<td ng-show="control.editMode" ng-style="common.setColorCurrency(control.FiscalYearValues[5].DeltaValue)"><input name="FY5" class="form-control input-md" id="FY5" required="" type="number" placeholder="" required ng-model="control.FiscalYearValues[5].DeltaValue"></td>
<td ng-show="!control.editMode"><button name="button3id" ng-show="control.isEditable && $last" class="btn btn-success" ng-click="editRow(control)" id="button3id" popover-trigger="mouseenter" popover="Edit"><i class="fa fa-edit"></i></button></td>
<td ng-show="control.editMode" width="100px"><button name="button3id" class="btn btn-danger" ng-click="cancelEdit(control)" id="button3id" popover-trigger="mouseenter" popover="Cancel Changes"><i class="fa fa-undo"></i></button> <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success" id="saveRow" popover-trigger="mouseenter" popover="Save Changes"><i class="fa fa-save"></i></button></td>
</ng-form>
</tr>
<table>
ng-repeat creates child scopes for each repeated item, and my guess is that there's a scope visibility issue which is preventing the validation from working.
Consider using ng-form directive:
http://www.benlesh.com/2013/03/angular-js-validating-form-elements-in.html
http://www.angularjshub.com/examples/forms/nestedforms/
This is a handy article that can help you:
http://scotch.io/tutorials/javascript/building-dynamic-angular-forms-with-ngrepeat-and-ngform