how to access the html element dom using angularjs [duplicate]

Question

For developers who used to the JQuery for many years, we used to get the html element always.

I find it very tricky in angularjs,
I'm looking for an equivalent of $(selector). I'll give you an example where I need the HTML element.
I'm using select2 as my dropdown when i need to set the defualt value I need to run the following code:

$("#id").select2('data', { id: id, text: text });

because select2 angularjs wrapper is not binding properly.
Or if anyone can help with maybe a different way of thinking.

Answer 1

Operating with HTML elements directly with Angular is not an optimal way and is bound to cause issues.

If you are using select2 with Angular you might want to take a look at the following NPM package that works as a wrapper for select2 with Angular. https://www.npmjs.com/package/ng2-select2