ng-let

NgLet

Angular structural directive for sharing data as local variable into html component template.

Description

Sometime there is a need to share data into component template as local variable. This structural directive create local context of variable that can be used into html template.

See the stackblitz demo.

Features

✅ Observable support
✅ Async pipe support
✅ NgModel support
✅ Type casting

Get Started

Install ng-let

npm i ng-let

Usage, eg.:

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { NgLetDirective } from 'ng-let';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: `
  <ng-container *ngLet="(num1 + num2) as total"> <!-- single computation -->
    <div>
      1: {{ total }} <!-- 3 -->
    </div>
    <div>
      2: {{ total }} <!-- 3 -->
    </div>
  </ng-container> 
  `,
  imports: [NgLetDirective]
})
export class AppComponent {
  num1: number = 1;
  num2: number = 2;
}

or with the implicit syntax:

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { NgLetDirective } from 'ng-let';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: `
  <ng-container *ngLet="(num1 + num2); let total"> <!-- single computation -->
    <div>
      1: {{ total }} <!-- 3 -->
    </div>
    <div>
      2: {{ total }} <!-- 3 -->
    </div>
  </ng-container> 
  `,
  imports: [NgLetDirective]
})
export class AppComponent {
  num1: number = 1;
  num2: number = 2;
}

Examples

Below there are some examples of use case.

Example: observable

Example of use with observable, eg.:

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { defer, Observable, timer } from 'rxjs';
import { NgLetDirective } from 'ng-let';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: `
  <ng-container *ngLet="timer$ | async as time"> <!-- single subscription -->
    <div>
      1: {{ time }}
    </div>
    <div>
      2: {{ time }}
    </div>
  </ng-container>
  `,
  imports: [NgLetDirective]
})
export class AppComponent {
  timer$: Observable<number> = defer(() => timer(3000, 1000));
}

or with the implicit syntax:

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { defer, Observable, timer } from 'rxjs';
import { NgLetDirective } from 'ng-let';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: `
  <ng-container *ngLet="timer$ | async; let time"> <!-- single subscription -->
    <div>
      1: {{ time }}
    </div>
    <div>
      2: {{ time }}
    </div>
  </ng-container>
  `,
  imports: [NgLetDirective]
})
export class AppComponent {
  timer$: Observable<number> = defer(() => timer(3000, 1000));
}

Example: signal

Example of use with signal, eg.:

import { Component, signal } from '@angular/core';
import { NgLetDirective } from 'ng-let';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: `
  <ng-container *ngLet="mySignal() as time"> <!-- single computation -->
    <div>
      1: {{ time }}
    </div>
    <div>
      2: {{ time }}
    </div>
  </ng-container>
  `,
  imports: [NgLetDirective]
})
export class AppComponent {
  mySignal = signal(1);

  constructor() {
    setInterval(() => this.mySignal.update(value => value + 1), 1000)
  }
}

or with the implicit syntax:

import { Component, signal } from '@angular/core';
import { NgLetDirective } from 'ng-let';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: `
  <ng-container *ngLet="mySignal(); let time"> <!-- single computation -->
    <div>
      1: {{ time }}
    </div>
    <div>
      2: {{ time }}
    </div>
  </ng-container>
  `,
  imports: [NgLetDirective]
})
export class AppComponent {
  mySignal = signal(1);

  constructor() {
    setInterval(() => this.mySignal.update(value => value + 1), 1000)
  }
}

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