What is the *Angular* way to get an elements siblings? - angularjs

Question

What is the idiomatic way to get an elements siblings when it is clicked using AngularJS?
So far I've got this:
<div ng-controller="FooCtrl">
<div ng-click="clicked()">One</div>
<div ng-click="clicked()">Two</div>
<div ng-click="clicked()">Three</div>
</div>
<script>
function FooCtrl($scope){
$scope.clicked = function()
{
console.log("Clicked", this, arguments);
};
}
</script>
here's a jQuery implementation as a concrete example:
<div id="foo">
<div>One</div>
<div>two</div>
<div>three</div>
</div>
<script>
$(function(){
$('#foo div').on('click', function(){
$(this).siblings('div').removeClass('clicked');
$(this).addClass('clicked');
});
});
</script>

Answer 1

Use a directive, since you want to traverse the DOM:
app.directive('sibs', function() {
return {
link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
element.bind('click', function() {
element.parent().children().removeClass('clicked');
element.addClass('clicked');
})
},
}
});
<div sibs>One</div>
<div sibs>Two</div>
<div sibs>Three</div>
Note that jQuery is not required.
fiddle

Answer 2

Here is an angular version of the jQuery sample that you provided:
HTML:
<div ng-controller="FooCtrl">
<div ng-click="selected.item='One'"
ng-class="{clicked:selected.item=='One'}">One</div>
<div ng-click="selected.item='Two'"
ng-class="{clicked:selected.item=='Two'}">Two</div>
<div ng-click="selected.item='Three'"
ng-class="{clicked:selected.item=='Three'}">Three</div>
</div>
JS:
function FooCtrl($scope, $rootScope) {
$scope.selected = {
item:""
}
}
NOTE: You dont strictly need to access DOM for this. However if you still want to then you can write a simple directive. Something like below:
HTML:
<div ng-controller="FooCtrl">
<div ng-click="clicked()" get-siblings>One</div>
<div ng-click="clicked()" get-siblings>Two</div>
<div ng-click="clicked()" get-siblings>Three</div>
</div>
JS:
yourApp.directive('getSiblings', function() {
return {
scope: true,
link: function(scope,element,attrs){
scope.clicked = function () {
element.siblings('div').removeClass('clicked');
element.addClass('clicked');
}
}
}
});
fiddle

Answer 3

Following is a directive built exclusively with Angular grammar (borrowing from jqLite):
link: function(scope, iElement, iAttributes, controllers) {
var parentChildren,
mySiblings = [];
// add a marker to this element to distinguish it from its siblings
// this could be a lot more robust
iElement.attr('rsFindMySiblings', 'anchor');
// get my parent's children, it will include me!
parentChildren = iElement.parent().children();
// remove myself
scope.siblings = [];
for (var i=0; i < parentChildren.length; i++) {
var child = angular.element(parentChildren[i]);
var attr = child.attr('rsFindMySiblings');
if (!attr) {
scope.siblings.push({name: child[0].textContent});
}
}
}
Note that it uses a controller to store the results. See this plunker for a detailed example