Can't change CSS style in AngularJS

Question

For some reasons, I can't change the style of an element using the following :

angular.element("#element").style.height = 100px;

I'm sure that angular.element("#element") works, as it returns a DOM element. Plus, this works :

angular.element("#element").addClass('something');

(Everything I've found is about ngStyle but I don't think it is what I'm looking for ?)

Should I use something else ?

If so : What ? Why .style.something doesn't work ?

Answer 1

According to the docs:

Note: all element references in Angular are always wrapped with jQuery or jqLite; they are never raw DOM references.

So the .style property is not available directly, since it is a property of the wrapped HTMLElement.

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You can either use ivarni's approach to get hold of the HTMLElement (angular.element(...)[0].style...) or use jQuery's/jqLite's .css() method:

angular.element('#element').css('height', '100px');

Answer 2

Angular's element returns something that wraps a DOM element, not the DOM element itself. You can access the underlying element much like you would with a JQuery selector.

angular.element("#element")[0].style.height = 100px;

That of course assumes you've got one match, which you should when using an ID.

Answer 3

If you are running Angular without jQuery, this works:

angular.element(document.querySelector("#element"))[0].style.height = "100px";

I have tested this in an ionic application.