I'm still new with angularJS. I've been trying to make a custom button and attach it to my form instead of using regular button. I've tried couple of approaches and so far none of them worked well. now when I press enter inside the input field I get the "results" view perfectly loaded to the main page. but when I click the search button "a" link tag the view loads then disappears instantly. as well as the location of the browser changes to "results" then goes back to "/#/" only. I have no idea why and what's causing this.
here's my html:
<div id="search-container" ng-controller="SearchController">
<form ng-submit="submitQuery()">
<div>
<input id="keywords" name="keywords" ng-model="query.keywords" placeholder="please enter query" value="" required/><br>
<a href="#" id="search-btn" ng-click="submitForm()"><img src="/Images/search-icon.png" alt="Search" title="Search" /></a>
</div>
</form>
</div>
here is my model and ngjs controllers:
var bfapp = angular.module("blogfinder", []).config(function ($routeProvider) {
$routeProvider.when('/results', {
templateUrl: 'PartialViews/results.html',
controller: 'ResultsController'
});
$routeProvider.otherwise({ redirectTo: '/' });
});
bfapp.controller('ResultsController', function ($scope) {
});
bfapp.controller('SearchController', function ($scope, $location) {
$scope.query = { keywords: "" };
//on form submit
$scope.submitQuery = function () {
if ($scope.query.keywords !== null) {
$location.path('/results');
}
};
//on button click
$scope.submitForm = $scope.submitQuery;
});