$templateCache to fancybox, how to bind variables to controller scope - angularjs

Question

I have been struggling for a coupe of hours trying to get fancybox to display html template from $templateCache. It all works fine except for the annoying fact the the data binding does not work and I'm not sure how to solve it.
<div ng-controller="MyCtrl">
Hello, {{ templateVariable }}!
<script type="text/ng-template" id="testTemplate.html">
<h1>{{ templateVariable }}</h1>
<p>Bla bla bla</p>
</script>
<br /><br />
<a href="#" show-template>Show template</a>
</div>
var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]);
myApp.directive('showTemplate', function($templateCache, $compile, $parse) {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function (scope, element, attrs, ctrl) {
element.bind('click', function() {
var template = $templateCache.get('testTemplate.html');
var compiled = $compile(template)(scope);
$.fancybox.open(template);
});
}
};
});
myApp.controller('MyCtrl', function($scope) {
$scope.templateVariable = 'My template variable';
});
JSFiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/oligustafsson/p4f7mh19/
Anyone have any insights to how to accomplish this feat?

Answer 1

To answer my own question, this is what I came up with:
<div ng-controller="MyCtrl">
Hello, {{ templateVariable }}!
<script type="text/ng-template" id="testTemplate.html">
<div>
<h1>{{ templateVariable }}</h1>
<p>Bla bla bla</p>
<div>Mooo</div>
</div>
</script>
<br /><br />
Show template
</div>
I wrapped the template html in a div.
var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]);
myApp.directive('showTemplate', function($templateCache, $compile, $timeout) {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function (scope, element, attrs, ctrl) {
element.bind('click', function() {
$timeout( function(){
var template = $templateCache.get('testTemplate.html');
var linkFn = $compile(template);
var linkedContent = linkFn(scope);
$.fancybox.open(linkedContent);
}, 0)
});
}
};
});
myApp.controller('MyCtrl', function($scope) {
$scope.templateVariable = 'My template variable';
});
Finding some other suggestions like using $timeout and $compile, this seems to work just fine.
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/oligustafsson/vpbutty0/
Thanx!