bug: ng-switch animation doesn't work

[intellix]

Request Type: bug

How to reproduce:

• Visit http://plnkr.co/edit/IctQYWhERYUBfzLkFq43?p=preview
• Switch between slides 1 and 2

Component(s): ngAnimate

Impact: small

Complexity: small

This issue is related to: ngAnimate and ngSwitch animation

Detailed Description:
It seems when you try to ngAnimate the ngSwitch component on a form element, only the ng-leave item is animated. The ng-enter contains inline styling to remove the animation. If I alter the classes manually then I can see that the entering form should be able to be animated

Other Comments:

[jesselpalmer]

Looks like this got fixed in the release of 1.3.0-beta.4. If you use that version it works as expected: http://plnkr.co/edit/ZHw7HqQH4o96huB7vJ8D?p=preview.

[Narretz]

@intellix do you need this fix in 1.2.x?

[intellix]

I suppose I don't need it in 1.2.x and don't mind switching to 1.3 as I have no intention of supporting IE8.
Maybe it would be nice to have it mentioned as a Gotcha in the documentation as not being possible with the form element as it took some investigation as to what was the problem.

[Narretz]

What do you mean by "not being possible with the form element"? I didn't see any form in the plunke, do you mean ng-switch on a form element does not work /animate?

[intellix]

apologies for the grammar cock-up. Exactly as you said and is shown in the plnkr. I was switching between forms with ng-switch and trying to animate them in and out.

[Narretz]

Okay, now I've seen it. The form element has an ng-switch-when. Adding a gotcha to the docs is a bad idea, since it's definitely a bug. We just have to evaluate if it's possible to backport it. @matsko do you know it it's possible? It works since beta.4, and the only change that was not included in 1.2 in there is 1bebe36

[matsko]

Looking into it. That commit won't be able to go into 1.2, but this may have something to do with the form element being automatically invoked as a directive.