>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.

Surprised if it is. I think you need the $setPristine() *function* which doies:

 this.$setPristine = function() {
    ctrl.$dirty = false;
    ctrl.$pristine = true;
    $animate.removeClass($element, DIRTY_CLASS);
    $animate.addClass($element, PRISTINE_CLASS);
  };