fix(ngAnimate): allow event listeners on document in IE

src/ngAnimate/animateQueue.js

@@ -171,6 +171,13 @@ var $$AnimateQueueProvider = ['$animateProvider', function($animateProvider) {
       return mergeAnimationOptions(element, options, {});
     }
 
+    // IE9-11 has no method "contains" in SVG element and in Node.prototype. Bug #10259.
+    var contains = Node.prototype.contains || function(arg) {
+      // jshint bitwise: false
+      return this === arg || !!(this.compareDocumentPosition(arg) & 16);
+      // jshint bitwise: true
+    };
+
     function findCallbacks(parent, element, event) {
       var targetNode = getDomNode(element);
       var targetParentNode = getDomNode(parent);
@@ -179,9 +186,9 @@ var $$AnimateQueueProvider = ['$animateProvider', function($animateProvider) {
       var entries = callbackRegistry[event];
       if (entries) {
         forEach(entries, function(entry) {
-          if (entry.node.contains(targetNode)) {
+          if (contains.call(entry.node, targetNode)) {
             matches.push(entry.callback);
-          } else if (event === 'leave' && entry.node.contains(targetParentNode)) {
+          } else if (event === 'leave' && contains.call(entry.node, targetParentNode)) {
             matches.push(entry.callback);
           }
         });

test/ngAnimate/animateSpec.js

@@ -1535,7 +1535,9 @@ describe("animations", function() {
       });
 
       return function($document, $rootElement, $animate) {
-        jqLite($document[0].body).append($rootElement);
+        if ($document !== $rootElement) {
+          jqLite($document[0].body).append($rootElement);
+        }
         $animate.enabled(true);
       };
     }));
@@ -1946,5 +1948,40 @@ describe("animations", function() {
       expect(capturedElement).toBe(element);
     }));
 
+    they('should trigger a callback for a $prop animation if the listener is on the document',
+      ['enter', 'leave'], function($event) {
+        module(function($provide) {
+          $provide.factory('$rootElement', function($document) {
+            // Since we listen on document, $document must be the $rootElement for animations to work
+            return $document;
+          });
+        });
+
+        inject(function($animate, $rootScope, $document) {
+
+          var callbackTriggered = false;
+
+
+          $animate.on($event, $document[0], function() {
+            callbackTriggered = true;
+          });
+
+          var container = jqLite('<div></div>');
+          jqLite($document[0].body).append(container);
+          element = jqLite('<div></div>');
+
+          if ($event === 'leave') {
+            container.append(element);
+          }
+
+          $animate[$event](element, container);
+          $rootScope.$digest();
+
+          $animate.flush();
+
+          expect(callbackTriggered).toBe(true);
+        });
+    });
+
   });
 });