angular-ui/ui-grid

gridApi.grouping.getGrouping().grouping causes never ending loop

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#4,736 opened on Nov 19, 2015

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Description

Using the gridApi.grouping.getGrouping().grouping call in an ng-repeat to dispay a list of grouped columns causes a never ending loop. Any columns that are grouped will continue to repeat indefinitely. I have created a plunker to illustrated the issue. Group by any column in the plunker below to demonstrate the issue:

http://plnkr.co/edit/5AxA1Z9sJ3Urtq4ed7QJ?p=preview

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Investigate why calling gridApi.grouping.getGrouping().grouping inside an ng repeat causes an infinite digest loop. Check if the getGrouping() method returns a new object each time, triggering Angular's digest cycle repeatedly.
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javascriptangular
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frontend
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Angularui grid
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