ng-click inside cell template does not trigger function in controller

Question

I have created a plunker here: http://plnkr.co/edit/zGqouwzxguef13lx48iP?p=preview

When I click in a cell of the ui-grid in the day view then nothing happens. What I expected is that the test function is executed and an alert is shown with text 'test' but that is not the case.

What is going on wrong here?

Thats the html cell template of the ui-grid 3.0 latest release:

HTML

<div ng-click="test()" ng-switch="row.entity[row.grid.columns.indexOf(col)].isPeriod">

    <div ng-switch-when="true">
        <tabset>
            <tab>
                <tab-heading>
                    <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-book"></i>
                </tab-heading>period id:
                {{ row.entity[row.grid.columns.indexOf(col)].id}}
            </tab>
            <tab select="alertMe()">
                <tab-heading>
                    <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-bell"></i>
                </tab-heading>
                {{row.entity[row.grid.columns.indexOf(col)].content}}
            </tab>

        </tabset>      <!-- PeriodTemplate -->
    </div>
    <div ng-switch-when="false">
       <div>Hello empty template</div>
    </div>      <!-- EmptyPeriodTemplate -->
</div>

CONTROLLER:

'use strict';
angular.module('projectplanner').controller('DateplannerDayController', function ($scope, $state) {


    var columnHeaderDates = ['col1','col2','col3','col4','col5','col6','col7']
    $scope.columns = createColumnHeaders(columnHeaderDates);

var data = [{isPeriod: true, id: 10, rowNumber: 1},{isPeriod: false, id: 11, rowNumber: 2}]

  $scope.test = function()
  {
    alert('test');
  };

    $scope.gridOptions = {
        rowHeight: 200,
        data: data,
        enableSorting: false,
        enableColumnMenu: false,
        columnDefs: $scope.columns,
        onRegisterApi: function (gridApi) {
            $scope.gridApi = gridApi;
            $scope.gridApi.core.addRowHeaderColumn(
                { name: 'rowHeaderCol',
                    displayName: '',
                    width: 100,
                    cellTemplate: '<div>row header template</div>'
                });
        }
    };

    function createColumnHeaders(columnHeaders) {
        var columnDefinitions = [];
        for (var i = 0; i < columnHeaders.length; i++) {
            var column = {
                name: columnHeaders[i],
                cellTemplate: 'lessonplanner.day.celltemplate.html',
                field: i + 'x'
            }
            columnDefinitions.push(column);
        }
        return columnDefinitions;
    }
});

use externalScopes. See my answer here:stackoverflow.com/questions/26621598/… — mainguy
@mainguy What has this to do with externalScopes? There is no external scope. The ng-click sample on the tut side from ui-grid is doing the same thing just like me without external scope. Hm... thats odd I could swear I have seen this ng-click in a cellTemplate working on a plunker, but ui-grid says:"UI-Grid uses isolate scope, so there is no access to your application scope variables from a row or cell template." OK then I need an external scope!!! Thanks buddy! — Pascal
At the moment the versions, tutorials and manuals of ui-grid are a bloody mess. I also think it worked without external scopes a short while ago. Hope this gets out of beta soon. Btw: Impressive Plunker you have built there! — mainguy
have fun with the plunker, the real app is more advanced ;-) — Pascal

Fasermaler Fasermaler · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-01T14:03:56

This page kept popping up in my searches and I managed to miss the solution in the comments. To summarize, you likely need to use externalScopes. See Angular ui-grid events in cell header not firing and http://ui-grid.info/docs/#/tutorial/305_appScope

ng-click inside cell template does not trigger function in controller

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