angularjs - How to get element by classname or id

Question

I am trying to find the element in html by angularjs.

Here is the html:

<button class="btn btn-primary multi-files" type="button">
   <span>Choose multiple files</span>
</button>
<br/><br/>
<input ng-file-select type="file" multiple  style="display: none"/><br/>

I am trying to get the button element by class name multi-files, then I tried

var multibutton = angular.element(element.getElementsByClassName(".multi-files"));

But it does not work, and tried element.find but it only works for tag.

Is there any function that can get element by id or classname in angularjs?

Answer 1

getElementsByClassName is a function on the DOM Document. It is neither a jQuery nor a jqLite function.

Don't add the period before the class name when using it:

var result = document.getElementsByClassName("multi-files");

Wrap it in jqLite (or jQuery if jQuery is loaded before Angular):

var wrappedResult = angular.element(result);

If you want to select from the element in a directive's link function you need to access the DOM reference instead of the the jqLite reference - element[0] instead of element:

link: function (scope, element, attrs) {

  var elementResult = element[0].getElementsByClassName('multi-files');
}

Alternatively you can use the document.querySelector function (need the period here if selecting by class):

var queryResult = element[0].querySelector('.multi-files');
var wrappedQueryResult = angular.element(queryResult);

Demo: http://plnkr.co/edit/AOvO47ebEvrtpXeIzYOH?p=preview