Make AngularJS compatible with jQuery 1.6.4

[IgorMinar]

There are several reports that angular doesn't work well with jquery 1.6.3, we need to upgrade and rerun our unit/e2e tests and get things fixed.

Related mailing list threads:

• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/angular/hViFQMWLJgE
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/angular/33sONOLyFeg

UPDATE:

jQuery 1.6.4 was released with some regression fixes. We'll upgrade to 1.6.4 instead.

[IgorMinar]

preliminary results after upgrade to 1.6.3

with jquery:

Total 981 tests (Passed: 970; Fails: 11; Errors: 0) (1017.00 ms)

with jqlite:

Total 981 tests (Passed: 977; Fails: 4; Errors: 0) (1422.00 ms)

[marcenuc]

I'm not sure if it's important, however jQuery-1.6.3 has a few regressions fixed in jQuery-1.6.4.

[IgorMinar]

thanks @marcenuc, fortunately I didn't spend too much time with 1.6.3, I'll upgrade straight to 1.6.4 instead.

[bartes]

I'm not sure is directly related to that ticket but you have made reference here: http://groups.google.com/group/angular/browse_thread/thread/df7b0e34e2f215e8/4f60c90ddcbf42a2?lnk=gst&q=select+box#4f60c90ddcbf42a2.
Did you have a chance to check those problems with select inputs ?

[IgorMinar]

it's fixed in master: http://jsfiddle.net/DNLt8/5/

I'll be cutting a release today.

[bartes]

I still have got some issues with select box and jQuery 1.6.4 (I'm using build from master) . I'll make some investigations and give you a feedback on Monday. Wish you good release.

[IgorMinar]

hmm.. ok.. let us know what doesn't work. ideally as a jsfiddle example.

[bartes]

I don't now why but using select with ng:repeat was a problem with jQ 1.6.4 and it wasn't with 1.6.2 .After switching to ng:options all works fine. Thank you.

[IgorMinar]

we gave up on the idea of supporting ng:repeat for options element. due to browser inconsistencies and other crazy complexities it's super hard to do it properly (I don't want to say impossible, but you can think of it that way).

[respectTheCode]

Im having problems with jQ 1.6.4 / angular 0.9.19 and ng:options. It renders the html nodes correctly but it doesn't displayed the value in the drop down.

http://jsfiddle.net/DNLt8/7/

[IgorMinar]

0.9.19 is compatible with jquery 1.4.2, only 0.10.2+ is compatible with jquery 1.6.4

[respectTheCode]

That should be stated on the website somewhere. I was getting the impression that angular was buggy. I have downgraded jQuery to 1.6.2 and everything is working perfectly now. Thanks.

[cburgdorf]

Wouldn't it be better to just always rely on the internal jQuery clone API? Or maybe introduce a global UseJQueryIfPesent flag that can be set to false.

[IgorMinar]

Interesting suggestion, Christoph.

It's something we should look into. There are many benefits when using jquery for the dom manipulation (jquery is usually faster and does a better job than jqlite), but I agree that since we test only with one jquery version, it's possible that weird corner-cases can show up when angular uses incompatible jquery version.

I filed an RFE: #608

[IgorMinar]

@respectTheCode did you mean to write 1.4.2? angular is likely not fully compatible with jquery 1.6.2.

[respectTheCode]

@IgorMinar No I have 1.6.2 and things seem to be working as expected now. What should I be using?

Edit: Just reread your comment from before. I will switch to 1.4.2.