This is a strange problem. The code is simple:
HTML code:
<body ng-controller="MainCtrl">
<ul ng-repeat="name in names">
<input type="text" ng-model="name" />
</ul>
</body>
Angular code:
app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope) {
$scope.names = ["aaa","bbb","ccc"];
});
The live demo url is: http://plnkr.co/edit/2QFgRooeFUTgJOo223k9?p=preview
I do not understand why the input controls can not be edited, I can't type new characters or delete characters.
This is a common issue due to scope inheritance . Each of your names is a primitive so ng-repeat makes it's own scope item that is not connected to original, however if each names is an object ng-repeat scope item will be a reference to original object
[{name:"aaa"},{name:"bbb"},{name:"ccc"}];
Always use a dot in ng-model is a helpful rule of thumb
<div ng-repeat="item in names">
<input type="text" ng-model="item.name"/>
</div>
Read this article on angular github wiki for detailed explanaton:
https://github.com/angular/angular.js/wiki/The-Nuances-of-Scope-Prototypal-Inheritance
Angular 'fixed' this in 1.1 with the track by $index. No need to change your model.
<div ng-repeat="item in names track by $index">
<input type="text" ng-model="names[$index]" />
</div>
Late answer, but you should also be careful of typos, that angular will not warn you about:
<div ng-repeat="item in names track by $index" ng=if="names[$index] = 'John'">
<input type="text" ng-model="names[$index]" />
</div>
Note the single equals in the ng-if, that will not cause a warning or error, but the text will also be read only. Quite a hard one to spot if you are reading quickly.
It of course should be:
<div ng-repeat="item in names track by $index" ng-if="names[$index] == 'John'">
<input type="text" ng-model="names[$index]" />
</div>