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Asked: 2026-05-31T13:15:31+00:00

I’m newbie to angularjs. When I read the docs, I found it uses ng

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I’m newbie to angularjs. When I read the docs, I found it uses ng as prefix of attributes:

<body ng:controller="PhoneListCtrl">
  <ul>
    <li ng:repeat="phone in phones">
      {{phone.name}}
      <p>{{phone.snippet}}</p>
    </li>
  </ul>
</body>

I want to know if I can modify it as another word, such as x? Since I think x is much easier to type than ng.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Since v1.0.0rc1, these are all equivalent:

    <div ng-show="isVisible">Using ng-show</div>
<div ng:show="isVisible">Using ng:show</div>
<div data-ng-show="isVisible">Using data-ng-show</div>
<div x-ng-show="isVisible">Using x-ng-show</div>
<div class="ng-show:isVisible">Using class="ng-show:isVisible"</div>

    Here’s working fiddle:
    http://jsfiddle.net/vojtajina/Fgf3Q/

    However, the main reason behind this was allowing valid html. So, you ca use x-* prefix for your custom directives, but not for Angular ones.

    Check out docs for more info.

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