Angular routing for different layouts - angularjs

Question

How do I load different layouts ?
Currently I have three layouts for my backend, one for admin, one for user and last for teacher i.e adminLayout.html, userlayout.html and teacherLayout.html for dashboards.
I am writing my routes something like this -
app.config(function($routeProvider){
$routeProvider
.when('/', {
templateUrl: 'views/pages/home.html',
controller: 'homeCtrl'
})
.when('/users/login', {
templateUrl: 'views/users/login.html',
controller: 'usersLoginCtrl'
})
.when('/users/dashboard', {
templateUrl: 'views/users/dashboard.html',
controller: 'usersDashCtrl'
})
.when('/teachers/login', {
templateUrl: 'views/teachers/login.html',
controller: 'teachersLoginCtrl'
})
.when('/teachers/dashboard', {
templateUrl: 'views/teachers/dashboard.html',
controller: 'teachersDashCtrl'
})
});
For /users/dashboard I want usersLayout.html and /teachers/dashboard I want teachersLayout.html.
How could I acheive this ?
I tried $window.location.href = "LINK_TO_LAYOUT"; but its is taking the whole path in the URL, however I want to my URL like -
mysite.com/teachers/dashboard
mysite.com/users/dashboard
mysite.com/admin/dashboard

Answer 1

You should use Ui-Router.
It support nested views.
So in your example your routes would be like this.
app.config(function($stateProvider){
$stateProvider
.state('main', {
url: '/',
templateUrl: 'views/pages/home.html',
controller: 'homeCtrl'
})
.state('users', {
url: '/users',
templateUrl: 'views/users/layout.html'
})
.state('users.login', {
url: '/users/login',
templateUrl: 'views/users/login.html',
controller: 'usersLoginCtrl'
})
.state('users.dashboard', {
url: '/users/dashboard',
templateUrl: 'views/users/dashboard.html',
controller: 'usersDashCtrl'
})
.state('teachers', {
url: '/teachers',
templateUrl: 'views/teachers/layout.html'
})
.state('teachers.login', {
url: '/teachers/login',
templateUrl: 'views/teachers/login.html',
controller: 'teachersLoginCtrl'
})
.state('teachers.dashboard', {
url: '/teachers/dashboard',
templateUrl: 'views/teachers/dashboard.html',
controller: 'teachersDashCtrl'
})
});
Then you need to creat this new Layout Pages.
On: views/users/layout.html
<div id="usersLayout">
<ui-view/>
</div>
On: views/teachers/layout.html
<div id="teachersLayout">
<ui-view/>
</div>
Hope this get you going.

Answer 2

One of ways use 'abstract' state from ui-router
$stateProvider
.state('contacts', {
abstract: true, // <<< this is your layout
url: '/contacts',
// Note: abstract still needs a ui-view for its children to populate.
// You can simply add it inline here.
// >>> Or use templateUrl: 'contactLayout.html'
template: '<ui-view/>'
})
.state('contacts.list', {
// url will become '/contacts/list'
url: '/list'
//...more
})
.state('contacts.detail', {
// url will become '/contacts/detail'
url: '/detail',
//...more
})
Please spend some time for learning ui-router and you will have powerfull and simple tool for routing in angularjs.
Check docs for more info about abstract state.