feat($anchorScroll): allow scrolling to a specified element

src/ng/anchorScroll.js

@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ function $AnchorScrollProvider() {
    * @requires $rootScope
    *
    * @description
-   * When called, it checks the current value of {@link ng.$location#hash $location.hash()} and
-   * scrolls to the related element, according to the rules specified in the
-   * [Html5 spec](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-indicated-part-of-the-document).
+   * When called, it scrolls to the element related to the specified `hash` or (if omitted) to the
+   * current value of {@link ng.$location#hash $location.hash()}, according to the rules specified
+   * in the
+   * [HTML5 spec](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-indicated-part-of-the-document).
    *
    * It also watches the {@link ng.$location#hash $location.hash()} and automatically scrolls to
    * match any anchor whenever it changes. This can be disabled by calling
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ function $AnchorScrollProvider() {
    * Additionally, you can use its {@link ng.$anchorScroll#yOffset yOffset} property to specify a
    * vertical scroll-offset (either fixed or dynamic).
    *
+   * @param {string=} hash The hash specifying the element to scroll to. If omitted, the value of
+   *                       {@link ng.$location#hash $location.hash()} will be used.
+   *
    * @property {(number|function|jqLite)} yOffset
    * If set, specifies a vertical scroll-offset. This is often useful when there are fixed
    * positioned elements at the top of the page, such as navbars, headers etc.
@@ -232,8 +236,9 @@ function $AnchorScrollProvider() {
       }
     }
 
-    function scroll() {
-      var hash = $location.hash(), elm;
+    function scroll(hash) {
+      hash = isString(hash) ? hash : $location.hash();
+      var elm;
 
       // empty hash, scroll to the top of the page
       if (!hash) scrollTo(null);

test/ng/anchorScrollSpec.js

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ describe('$anchorScroll', function() {
     };
   }
 
-
   function addElements() {
     var elements = sliceArgs(arguments);
 
@@ -49,9 +48,9 @@ describe('$anchorScroll', function() {
     };
   }
 
-  function callAnchorScroll() {
+  function callAnchorScroll(hash) {
     return function($anchorScroll) {
-      $anchorScroll();
+      $anchorScroll(hash);
     };
   }
 
@@ -141,50 +140,120 @@ describe('$anchorScroll', function() {
     beforeEach(createMockWindow());
 
 
-    it('should scroll to top of the window if empty hash', inject(
-      changeHashAndScroll(''),
-      expectScrollingToTop));
+    describe('and implicitly using `$location.hash()`', function() {
+
+      it('should scroll to top of the window if empty hash', inject(
+        changeHashAndScroll(''),
+        expectScrollingToTop));
+
+
+      it('should not scroll if hash does not match any element', inject(
+        addElements('id=one', 'id=two'),
+        changeHashAndScroll('non-existing'),
+        expectNoScrolling()));
+
+
+      it('should scroll to anchor element with name', inject(
+        addElements('a name=abc'),
+        changeHashAndScroll('abc'),
+        expectScrollingTo('a name=abc')));
+
+
+      it('should not scroll to other than anchor element with name', inject(
+        addElements('input name=xxl', 'select name=xxl', 'form name=xxl'),
+        changeHashAndScroll('xxl'),
+        expectNoScrolling()));
+
+
+      it('should scroll to anchor even if other element with given name exist', inject(
+        addElements('input name=some', 'a name=some'),
+        changeHashAndScroll('some'),
+        expectScrollingTo('a name=some')));
+
+
+      it('should scroll to element with id with precedence over name', inject(
+        addElements('name=abc', 'id=abc'),
+        changeHashAndScroll('abc'),
+        expectScrollingTo('id=abc')));
 
 
-    it('should not scroll if hash does not match any element', inject(
-      addElements('id=one', 'id=two'),
-      changeHashAndScroll('non-existing'),
-      expectNoScrolling()));
+      it('should scroll to top if hash == "top" and no matching element', inject(
+        changeHashAndScroll('top'),
+        expectScrollingToTop));
 
 
-    it('should scroll to anchor element with name', inject(
-      addElements('a name=abc'),
-      changeHashAndScroll('abc'),
-      expectScrollingTo('a name=abc')));
+      it('should scroll to element with id "top" if present', inject(
+        addElements('id=top'),
+        changeHashAndScroll('top'),
+        expectScrollingTo('id=top')));
+    });
+
+
+    describe('and specifying a hash', function() {
+
+      it('should ignore the `hash` argument if not a string', inject(
+        spyOnJQLiteDocumentLoaded(),
+        addElements('id=one', 'id=two'),
+        changeHashTo('one'),   // won't scroll since `jqLiteDocumentLoaded()` is spied upon
+        callAnchorScroll({}),
+        expectScrollingTo('id=one'),
+        unspyOnJQLiteDocumentLoaded()));
+
+
+      it('should ignore `$location.hash()` if `hash` is passed as argument', inject(
+        spyOnJQLiteDocumentLoaded(),
+        addElements('id=one', 'id=two'),
+        changeHashTo('one'),   // won't scroll since `jqLiteDocumentLoaded()` is spied upon
+        callAnchorScroll('two'),
+        expectScrollingTo('id=two'),
+        unspyOnJQLiteDocumentLoaded()));
+
 
+      it('should scroll to top of the window if empty hash', inject(
+        callAnchorScroll(''),
+        expectScrollingToTop));
 
-    it('should not scroll to other than anchor element with name', inject(
-      addElements('input name=xxl', 'select name=xxl', 'form name=xxl'),
-      changeHashAndScroll('xxl'),
-      expectNoScrolling()));
 
+      it('should not scroll if hash does not match any element', inject(
+        addElements('id=one', 'id=two'),
+        callAnchorScroll('non-existing'),
+        expectNoScrolling()));
 
-    it('should scroll to anchor even if other element with given name exist', inject(
-      addElements('input name=some', 'a name=some'),
-      changeHashAndScroll('some'),
-      expectScrollingTo('a name=some')));
 
+      it('should scroll to anchor element with name', inject(
+        addElements('a name=abc'),
+        callAnchorScroll('abc'),
+        expectScrollingTo('a name=abc')));
 
-    it('should scroll to element with id with precedence over name', inject(
-      addElements('name=abc', 'id=abc'),
-      changeHashAndScroll('abc'),
-      expectScrollingTo('id=abc')));
 
+      it('should not scroll to other than anchor element with name', inject(
+        addElements('input name=xxl', 'select name=xxl', 'form name=xxl'),
+        callAnchorScroll('xxl'),
+        expectNoScrolling()));
 
-    it('should scroll to top if hash == "top" and no matching element', inject(
-      changeHashAndScroll('top'),
-      expectScrollingToTop));
 
+      it('should scroll to anchor even if other element with given name exist', inject(
+        addElements('input name=some', 'a name=some'),
+        callAnchorScroll('some'),
+        expectScrollingTo('a name=some')));
 
-    it('should scroll to element with id "top" if present', inject(
-      addElements('id=top'),
-      changeHashAndScroll('top'),
-      expectScrollingTo('id=top')));
+
+      it('should scroll to element with id with precedence over name', inject(
+        addElements('name=abc', 'id=abc'),
+        callAnchorScroll('abc'),
+        expectScrollingTo('id=abc')));
+
+
+      it('should scroll to top if hash == "top" and no matching element', inject(
+        callAnchorScroll('top'),
+        expectScrollingToTop));
+
+
+      it('should scroll to element with id "top" if present', inject(
+        addElements('id=top'),
+        callAnchorScroll('top'),
+        expectScrollingTo('id=top')));
+    });
   });