JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div ng-app="app" ng-controller="test">
<ul template-code>
<li nested-item ng-repeat="item in items">{{item.title}}</li>
</ul>
</div>
JavaScript
var items = [{
title: 'Something',
children: [
{ title: 'Hello World' },
{ title: 'Hello Overflow' },
{ title: 'John Doe', children: [
{ title: 'Amazing title' },
{ title: 'Google it' },
{ title: 'Im a child', children: [
{ title: 'Another ' },
{ title: 'He\'s my brother' },
{ title: 'She\'s my mother.', children: [
{title: 'You never know if im going to have children'}
]}
]}
]}
]
}];
var app = angular.module('app', []);
app.controller('test', function( $scope ) {
$scope.items = items;
});
app.directive('templateCode', function(){
return {
restrict: 'A',
controller: function(){},
compile: function(element){
element.removeAttr('template-code');
//ATTENTION: We need to trim() here. Otherwise AngularJS raises an exception
//later when we want to use the templateCode in a $compile function.
//Be aware that we assume a modern browser
//that already ships with a trim function.
//It's easy to secure that with a polyfill.
var templateCode = element.parent().html().trim();
return function(scope, iElement, iAttrs, controller){
controller.templateCode = templateCode;
}
}
}
});
app.directive('nestedItem', ['$compile', function($compile){
return {
restrict: 'A',
require: '^templateCode',
link: function(scope, element, iAttr, controller){
if (scope.item.children){
scope.items = scope.item.children;
var html = $compile(controller.templateCode)(scope);
...