Creating Directives that Communicate

<my-tabs>
  <my-pane title="Hello">
    <h4>Hello</h4>
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</p>
  </my-pane>
  <my-pane title="World">
    <h4>World</h4>
    <em>Mauris elementum elementum enim at suscipit.</em>
    <p><a href ng-click="i = i + 1">counter: {{i || 0}}</a></p>
  </my-pane>
</my-tabs>

angular.module('docsTabsExample', [])
.directive('myTabs', function() {
  return {
    restrict: 'E',
    transclude: true,
    scope: {},
    controller: function($scope) {
      var panes = $scope.panes = [];

      $scope.select = function(pane) {
        angular.forEach(panes, function(pane) {
          pane.selected = false;
        });
        pane.selected = true;
      };

      this.addPane = function(pane) {
        if (panes.length === 0) {
          $scope.select(pane);
        }
        panes.push(pane);
      };
    },
    templateUrl: 'my-tabs.html'
  };
})
.directive('myPane', function() {
  return {
    require: '^myTabs',
    restrict: 'E',
    transclude: true,
    scope: {
      title: '@'
    },
    link: function(scope, element, attrs, tabsCtrl) {
      tabsCtrl.addPane(scope);
    },
    templateUrl: 'my-pane.html'
  };
});

my-tabs.html:

<div class="tabbable">
  <ul class="nav nav-tabs">
    <li ng-repeat="pane in panes" ng-class="{active:pane.selected}">
      <a href="" ng-click="select(pane)">{{pane.title}}</a>
    </li>
  </ul>
  <div class="tab-content" ng-transclude></div>
</div>

my-pane.html:
<div class="tab-pane" ng-show="selected" ng-transclude>
</div>

 

angular.module('docsTabsExample', [])
.directive('myPane', function() {
  return {
    require: ['^myTabs', '^ngModel'],
    restrict: 'E',
    transclude: true,
    scope: {
      title: '@'
    },
    link: function(scope, element, attrs, controllers) {
      var tabsCtrl = controllers[0],
          modelCtrl = controllers[1];

      tabsCtrl.addPane(scope);
    },
    templateUrl: 'my-pane.html'
  };
});