Hi everybody,

We have a directive written a while ago by one of the contractors who is no longer working with us. I'm afraid there is no way to fix that directive the way I want, but may be you can find a way?

The directive starts with the

app.directive('descType', [function () {
        return {
            restrict: 'E',
            transclude: true,
            replace: true,
            scope: {
                title: '@',
                message: '@',
                param: '@',
                selected: '=',
                description: '=',
               
                descrip: '=',
                type: '=',
                doSearch: '&',
                filterBy: '@?'
            },

Please, note the transclude and replace options.

The template for the directive is the following:

<input type="submit" value="" id="btnChoose" style="width: 100% !important; margin-top: 0;"
           class="btn_file_select" ng-click="click()" />

and this is an example of using this directive in a page:

<data-desc:type title="{{ '@String.Format(Labels.selectX, Labels.layout)'}}" do-search="popup()"
                                            value="{{currentItem['t'+n+'LayoutId'] == 0 ? '@String.Format(Labels.selectX, Labels.layout)' : currentItem['t' + n + 'Layout']}}"
                                            param="layouts" message="@String.Format(Labels.selectX, Labels.layout)"
                                            filter-by="Ticket"
                                            selected="currentItem['t'+n+'LayoutId']" descrip-value="descrip" type-value="lTypeId"
                                            description="currentItem['t'+n+'Layout']">
                            </data-desc:type>

I would love to improve this directive. Say, add ability to delete chosen layout (because right now once something is selected, there is no way to remove that selected Layout Id). I also would like to add ability to go directly to the selected layout to edit it.

The problem is - I don't see a way to introduce anything extra in the current template. Say, if I add a div around the input and add a new button to remove selected layout, it would not work at all.

Do you see my dilemma? Is there a way out or I should assume that there is no way to improve the directive as it's written and I would have to fix in the pages if I'd like to introduce clearing of selected layout?

Thanks in advance.