Question

It’s possible to intercept current event object in ng-click like handlers by using $event property.

But is it possible to get the element from which the method has been called?

like for example:

<div ng-controller='myController'>
  <div>{{distortThatDiv($element)}}</div>
</div>

Answer 1

With a directive in angular it is easy to access the element. Just use the link function:

angular.module('myModule', [], function ($compileProvider) {
    $compileProvider.directive('distortThatDiv', function distortThatDivDirective() {
        return {
            restrict: 'A',
            link : function (scope, element, attrs) {
               element.on('click', function () {
                 // do something
               });
            } 
        };
    });
});

Your html would be:

<div ng-controller='myController'>
  <a distort-that-div>My link</a>
</div>