Angular 2 Show and Hide an element

I'm having a problem hiding and showing an element depending of a boolean variable in Angular 2.

this is the code for the div to show and hide:

<div *ngIf="edited==true" class="alert alert-success alert-dismissible fade in" role="alert">
        <strong>List Saved!</strong> Your changes has been saved.
</div>

the variable is "edited" and it's stored in my component:

export class AppComponent implements OnInit{

  (...)
  public edited = false;
  (...)
  saveTodos(): void {
   //show box msg
   this.edited = true;
   //wait 3 Seconds and hide
   setTimeout(function() {
       this.edited = false;
       console.log(this.edited);
   }, 3000);
  }
}

The element is hidden, when saveTodos function starts, the element is shown, but after 3 seconds, even if the variable come back to be false, the element does not hide. Why?

There are two options depending what you want to achieve :

1. You can use the hidden directive to show or hide an element

   <div [hidden]="!edited" class="alert alert-success box-msg" role="alert">
     <strong>List Saved!</strong> Your changes has been saved.
   </div>
   

2. You can use the ngIf control directive to add or remove the element. This is different of the hidden directive because it does not show / hide the element, but it add / remove from the DOM. You can loose unsaved data of the element. It can be the better choice for an edit component that is cancelled.

   <div *ngIf="edited" class="alert alert-success box-msg" role="alert"> 
     <strong>List Saved!</strong> Your changes has been saved.
   </div>
   

For you problem of change after 3 seconds, it can be due to incompatibility with setTimeout. Did you include angular2-polyfills.js library in your page ?

You should use the *ngIf Directive

<div *ngIf="edited" class="alert alert-success box-msg" role="alert">
        <strong>List Saved!</strong> Your changes has been saved.
</div>


export class AppComponent implements OnInit{

  (...)
  public edited = false;
  (...)
  saveTodos(): void {
   //show box msg
   this.edited = true;
   //wait 3 Seconds and hide
   setTimeout(function() {
       this.edited = false;
       console.log(this.edited);
   }.bind(this), 3000);
  }
}

Update: you are missing the reference to the outer scope when you are inside the Timeout callback.

so add the .bind(this) like I added Above

Q : edited is a global variable. What would be your approach within a *ngFor-loop? – Blauhirn

A : I would add edit as a property to the object I am iterating over.

<div *ngFor="let obj of listOfObjects" *ngIf="obj.edited" class="alert alert-success box-msg" role="alert">
        <strong>List Saved!</strong> Your changes has been saved.
</div>


export class AppComponent implements OnInit{
   
  public listOfObjects = [
    {
       name : 'obj - 1',
       edit : false
    },
    {
       name : 'obj - 2',
       edit : false
    },
    {
       name : 'obj - 2',
       edit : false
    } 
  ];
  saveTodos(): void {
   //show box msg
   this.edited = true;
   //wait 3 Seconds and hide
   setTimeout(function() {
       this.edited = false;
       console.log(this.edited);
   }.bind(this), 3000);
  }
}

When you don't care about removing the Html Dom-Element, use *ngIf.

Otherwise, use this:

<div [style.visibility]="(numberOfUnreadAlerts == 0) ? 'hidden' : 'visible' ">
   COUNTER: {{numberOfUnreadAlerts}} 
</div>

For child component to show I was using *ngif="selectedState == 1"

Instead of that I used [hidden]="selectedState!=1"

It worked for me.. loading the child component properly and after hide and un-hide child component was not undefined after using this.

This is a good use case for an Angular Directive. Something like this is surprisingly useful.

@Directive({
  selector: '[removeAfter]'
})
export class RemoveAfter {
  constructor(readonly element: ElementRef<HTMLElement>) { }
 
  /**
   * Removes the attributed element after the specified number of milliseconds.
   */
  @Input() removeAfter: number;

  ngOnInit() {
    setTimeout(() => {
      this.element.nativeElement.remove();
    }, this.removeAfter);
  }
}

Usage:

<div [removeAfter]="3000">Removed after 3 seconds</div>