Structural directives change the layout of the HTML document by adding and removing elements. They build on the core features available for attribute directives, described in Chapter 15, with additional support for micro-templates, which are small fragments of contents defined within the templates used by components. You can recognize when a structural directive is being used because its name will be prefixed with an asterisk, such as *ngIf and *ngFor. In this chapter, I explain how structural directives are defined and applied, how they work, and how they respond to changes in the data model. ...
© Adam Freeman 2017
Adam Freeman, Pro Angular, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2307-9_16
16. Creating Structural Directives
Adam Freeman1
(1)MILTON KEYNES MK6 3PA, UK
Get Pro Angular, Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
