Pristine controls stay pristine after form submit

[dmitrymushenko]

It seems that changing control to dirty must stand before last committed view value check in $commitViewValue function in https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/0ebab08e66f953397b044be9533d764961fbc9ea/src/ng/directive/input.js.
Lines 1789 - 1796 move before line 1784.

[rodyhaddad]

At first glance, we don't want to set a field as dirty if we're not actually changing the value, so this works as expected.

Mind posting a plunkr showcasing when this is an issue?

[dmitrymushenko]

In some of 1.3.0 betas it worked in such way (beta 8, I think). And it was useful for me. But You are right, maybe it is not what we expect by default.

It can be useful in case like this. For example, there is a login form. There are also two required inputs on this form: username and password. I put some css on inputs, when they are .ng-invalid-required and .ng-dirty (to show user, that they are required). If we just press "submit" on form, nothing will happen. There must be handler to show user, that username and password are required.
But if controls will become dirty on submit, there will be no need in additional handler.

http://plnkr.co/edit/WLJDE8XEdYHtBSUFrQXe?p=preview

[rodyhaddad]

#8056 should introduce a .ng-submitted class that you'll be able to use for your scenario.

Thanks for making us aware of it! :-)