Question

Is is possible to somehow use ngTransclude for an attribute value, instead of replacing inner HTML content? For example this simple directive

var testapp = angular.module('testapp', [])

testapp.directive('tag', function() {
  return {
    template: '<h1><a href="{{transcludeHere}}" ng-transclude></a></h1>',
    restrict: 'E',
    transclude: true
  }
});

and use it as

<tag>foo</tag>

I want it to translate into

<h1><a href="foo">foo</a></h1>

Is there any way of doing that, or do I have to use an attribute instead of transcluding?

Here’s a fiddle with the example

Answer 1

Something like this:

var testapp = angular.module('testapp', [])

testapp.directive('tag', function() {
  return {
    restrict: 'E',
    template: '<h1><a href="{{transcluded_content}}">{{transcluded_content}}</a></h1>',
    replace: true,
    transclude: true,
    compile: function compile(tElement, tAttrs, transclude) {
        return {
            pre: function(scope) {
                transclude(scope, function(clone) {
                  scope.transcluded_content = clone[0].textContent;
                });
            }
        }
    }
  }
});​

fiddle.