contenteditable in Angular js - angularjs

Question

I am using contenteditable directive of angular js. and i try to access value of a tag using ng-model.but it gives undefined.
This is my html where i use contenteditable directive
<span ng-switch on="editgroupChatFieldFlag" style="width: 87%;margin-right: 0;float:left;" ng-hide="displatSessionTitleFlag==false">
<h5 style="float:left;margin: 7px 14px 0;margin-right: 0;">Chat Session : </h5>
<a ng-switch-when="true" contenteditable="true" strip-br="true" ng-model="chatMessageName" style="margin-right: 0;width: 59%;margin-left: 4px;" ng-keydown="changeNameFunc($event)">{{secondPresonName}}</a>
<a ng-switch-when="false" style="margin-right: 0;width: 59%;margin-left: 4px;">{{secondPresonName}}</a>
</span>
and this contenteditable directive
app.directive('contenteditable', function() {
return {
restrict: 'A', // only activate on element attribute
require: '?ngModel', // get a hold of NgModelController
link: function(scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
if(!ngModel) return; // do nothing if no ng-model
// Specify how UI should be updated
ngModel.$render = function() {
element.html(ngModel.$viewValue || '');
};
// Listen for change events to enable binding
element.on('blur keyup change', function() {
scope.$apply(read);
});
read(); // initialize
// Write data to the model
function read() {
var html = element.html();
// When we clear the content editable the browser leaves a <br> behind
// If strip-br attribute is provided then we strip this out
if( attrs.stripBr && html == '<br>' ) {
html = '';
}
ngModel.$setViewValue(html);
}
}
};
});
can anyone tell me how i get a tag value using ng-model.

Answer 1

You are dealing with a scope issue (ng-switch creates a child scope). You need to either use . or $parent.
Example with $parent update ng-model to use $parent.chatMessageName:
<a ng-switch-default contenteditable="true"
strip-br="true"
ng-model="$parent.chatMessageName" >Enter</a>
Example with dot/object:
JS
--controller
$scope.myType = {
chatMessageName: ''
};
Html:
<!-- html -->
<a ng-switch-default
contenteditable="true"
strip-br="true"
ng-model="myType.chatMessageName" >Enter</a>
<a>{{"Text "+ myType.chatMessageName}}</a>
Educate yourself: https://github.com/angular/angular.js/wiki/Understanding-Scopes
Side Note: when you are posting your question: include the fiddle in your question (not the comment) and remove unnecessary code, and format so its more readable.