Controller 'ngModel', required by directive '...', can't be found

88
votes

What's going on here?

Here is my directive:

app.directive('submitRequired', function (objSvc) {
    return {
        require: 'ngModel',
        link: function (scope, elm, attrs, ctrl) {

          // do something
        }
    };
});

Here is an example of the directive in use: 

<input submit-required="true"></input>

Here is the actual error text:

Error: [$compile:ctreq] Controller 'ngModel', required by directive 'submitRequired', can't be found!
http://errors.angularjs.org/1.2.2/$compile/ctreq?p0=ngModel&p1=submitRequired
    at http://www.domain.ca/Scripts/angular/angular.js:78:12
    at getControllers (http://www.domain.ca/Scripts/angular/angular.js:5972:19)
    at nodeLinkFn (http://www.domain.ca/Scripts/angular/angular.js:6139:35)
    at compositeLinkFn (http://www.domain.ca/Scripts/angular/angular.js:5550:15)
    at nodeLinkFn (http://www.domain.ca/Scripts/angular/angular.js:6132:24)
    at compositeLinkFn (http://www.domain.ca/Scripts/angular/angular.js:5550:15)
    at publicLinkFn (http://www.domain.ca/Scripts/angular/angular.js:5458:30)
    at http://www.domain.ca/Scripts/angular/angular.js:1299:27
    at Scope.$get.Scope.$eval (http://www.domain.ca/Scripts/angular/angular.js:11634:28)
    at Scope.$get.Scope.$apply (http://www.domain.ca/Scripts/angular/angular.js:11734:23) <input submit-required="true"> angular.js:9159
(anonymous function) angular.js:9159
$get angular.js:6751
nodeLinkFn angular.js:6141
compositeLinkFn angular.js:5550
nodeLinkFn angular.js:6132
compositeLinkFn angular.js:5550
publicLinkFn angular.js:5458
(anonymous function) angular.js:1299
$get.Scope.$eval angular.js:11634
$get.Scope.$apply angular.js:11734
(anonymous function) angular.js:1297
invoke angular.js:3633
doBootstrap angular.js:1295
bootstrap angular.js:1309
angularInit angular.js:1258
(anonymous function) angular.js:20210
trigger angular.js:2315
(anonymous function) angular.js:2579
forEach angular.js:300
eventHandler angular.js:2578ar.js:7874
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angularjsdirective

4 Answers

129
votes

As described here: Angular NgModelController, you should provide the <input with the required controller ngModel

<input submit-required="true" ng-model="user.Name"></input>
8
votes

One possible solution to this issue is ng-model attribute is required to use that directive.

Hence adding in the 'ng-model' attribute can resolve the issue.

<input submit-required="true" ng-model="user.Name"></input>
1
votes

You can also remove the line 

  require: 'ngModel',

if you don't need ngModel in this directive. Removing ngModel will allow you to make a directive without thatngModel error.

-1
votes

I faced the same error, in my case I miss-spelled ng-model directive something like "ng-moel"

Wrong one: ng-moel="user.name" Right one: ng-model="user.name"

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