Hi Viv,

Somehow this doesn't seem to work on one page. I am getting a message about Changes.

My directive is

(function () {
    'use strict';

    var app = angular.module('sysMgrApp');

    app.directive('noDirtyCheck', [function () {
        // Interacting with input elements having this directive won't cause the
        // form to be marked dirty.
        // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17089090/prevent-input-from-setting-form-dirty-angularjs
        return {
            restrict: 'A',
           
            require: 'ngModel',
            link: function (scope, element, attrs, ctrl) {           

                element[0].focus(function () {
                    ctrl.$pristine = false;
                });
            }
        };
    }]);
})();

and the page has this control:

 <div class="col-lg-5 col-lg-offset-1">
                    <input class="form-control" type="text" ng-model="searchTerm" data-no:dirty-check ="true"
                    placeholder="@Labels.search" />
                </div>

when I type something in that control and inspect the element, I can see the ng-dirty class on it.

Do you see why it's not working in that form? The directive does seem to work OK in other forms.