>>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);
>  };

I may try this one as a separate directive. Should it be called from onblur? But yet indeed that directive works fine in other forms (and this is based on that link you pointed me to).