<div ng-controller="AjaxCtrl">
<h1>AJAX - Oriented</h1>
<div>
Country:
<select id="country" ng-model="country" ng-options="country for country in countries">
<option value=''>Select</option>
</select>
</div>
<div>
City: <select id="city" ng-disabled="!cities" ng-model="city" ng-options="city for city in cities"><option value=''>Select</option></select>
</div>
<div>
Suburb: <select id="suburb" ng-disabled="!suburbs" ng-model="suburb" ng-options="suburb for suburb in suburbs"><option value=''>Select</option></select>
</div>
</div>
<div ng-controller="StaticCtrl">
<h1>Static - Oriented</h1>
<p>This approach may be better when you have the entire dataset</p>
<div>
Country:
<select id="country" ng-model="cities" ng-options="country for (country, cities) in countries">
<option value=''>Select</option>
</select>
</div>
<div>
City: <select id="city" ng-disabled="!cities" ng-model="suburbs" ng-options="city for (city, suburbs) in cities"><option value=''>Select</option></select>
</div>
<div>
Suburb: <select id="suburb" ng-disabled="!suburbs" ng-model="suburb" ng-options="suburb for suburb in suburbs"><option value=''>Select</option></select>
</div>
</div>
js
function AjaxCtrl($scope) {
$scope.countries = ['usa', 'canada', 'mexico', 'france'];
$scope.$watch('country', function(newVal) {
if (newVal) $scope.cities = ['Los Angeles', 'San Francisco'];
});
$scope.$watch('city', function(newVal) {
if (newVal) $scope.suburbs = ['SOMA', 'Richmond', 'Sunset'];
});
} function StaticCtrl($scope) {
$scope.countries = {
'usa': {
'San Francisco': ['SOMA', 'Richmond', 'Sunset'],
'Los Angeles': ['Burbank', 'Hollywood']
},
'canada': {
'People dont live here': ['igloo', 'cave']
}
};
}