How to use $scope.$on (listen for an event) about react2angular HOT 7 CLOSED

@rattrayalex Feel free to post your code/question in this thread if I can help!

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To clarify- You are trying to rewrite an Angular component as a React component, but are not sure what to do with a listener on the component's scope? Let me know if that's right.

In either case, a code sample would be helpful, as there are a few approaches you could take depending on the situation.

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Right. I'm trying to "translate" an angular directive to a React component.
In this case the directive have a listener ($scope.$on('custom:event') ).

code example

var directive = function($rootScope, $window) {
return {
   template,
   restrict: 'E',
   scope: { 
      interactive: '@'
   },
  controller: function($scope){
    //do some stuff
  },
  link: function(scope, element, attrs, controller){
    scope.$on('destroy', cleanup) //clearly this can be achieved with componentWillUnMount 
    
    // This event comes from another controller that use $rootScope.$broadcast
   // Can i access to the $scope from the react component? Can $scope be passed as prop?
    scope.$on('edit-pane:toggled', function() {
       setTimeout(performTheTask, 750)
    })
  }
}```

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I see. I would say you have 2 good options:

1. If the event is local, pass scope in as a prop on your component
2. If the event is on $rootScope, use ngimport to import $rootScope in your React component

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@msdark Feel free to reopen if the above suggestions don't work for you.

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@msdark curious what you ended up going with

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Thanks @bcherny ! No immediate use-case, but I appreciate the offer!

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