feat($animateCss): add support for temporary styles via cleanupStyles

Some animations make use of the `from` and `to` styling only for the
lifetime of the animation. This patch allows for those styles to be
removed once the animation is closed automatically within `$animateCss`.

Author: matsko

src/ng/animateCss.js

@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ var $CoreAnimateCssProvider = function() {
     };
 
     return function(element, options) {
+      // there is no point in applying the styles since
+      // there is no animation that goes on at all in
+      // this version of $animateCss.
+      if (options.cleanupStyles) {
+        options.from = options.to = null;
+      }
+
       if (options.from) {
         element.css(options.from);
         options.from = null;

src/ngAnimate/animateCss.js

@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ var ANIMATE_TIMER_KEY = '$$animateCss';
  * * `staggerIndex` - The numeric index representing the stagger item (e.g. a value of 5 is equal to the sixth item in the stagger; therefore when a
  * * `stagger` option value of `0.1` is used then there will be a stagger delay of `600ms`)
  * * `applyClassesEarly` - Whether or not the classes being added or removed will be used when detecting the animation. This is set by `$animate` when enter/leave/move animations are fired to ensure that the CSS classes are resolved in time. (Note that this will prevent any transitions from occuring on the classes being added and removed.)
+ * * `cleanupStyles` - Whether or not the provided `from` and `to` styles will be removed once the animation is closed. This is useful for when the styles are used purely for the sake of the animation and do not have a lasting visual effect on the element (e.g. a colapse and open animation). By default this value is set to `false`.
  *
  * @return {object} an object with start and end methods and details about the animation.
  *
@@ -324,6 +325,23 @@ function createLocalCacheLookup() {
   };
 }
 
+function registerRestorableStyles(backup, node, properties) {
+  forEach(properties, function(prop) {
+    // we do not reassign an already present style value since
+    // if we detect the style property value again we may be
+    // detecting styles that were added via the `from` styles.
+    // We make use of `isDefined` here since an empty string
+    // or null value (which is what getPropertyValue will return
+    // for a non-existing style) will still be marked as a valid
+    // value for the style (a falsy value implies that the style
+    // is to be removed at the animation). If we had a simple
+    // or statement then it would not be enough to catch that.
+    backup[prop] = isDefined(backup[prop])
+        ? backup[prop]
+        : node.style.getPropertyValue(prop);
+  });
+}
+
 var $AnimateCssProvider = ['$animateProvider', function($animateProvider) {
   var gcsLookup = createLocalCacheLookup();
   var gcsStaggerLookup = createLocalCacheLookup();
@@ -424,6 +442,7 @@ var $AnimateCssProvider = ['$animateProvider', function($animateProvider) {
     }
 
     return function init(element, options) {
+      var restoreStyles = {};
       var node = getDomNode(element);
       if (!node
           || !node.parentNode
@@ -625,7 +644,12 @@ var $AnimateCssProvider = ['$animateProvider', function($animateProvider) {
                                        stagger.animationDuration === 0;
       }
 
-      applyAnimationFromStyles(element, options);
+      if (options.from) {
+        if (options.cleanupStyles) {
+          registerRestorableStyles(restoreStyles, node, Object.keys(options.from));
+        }
+        applyAnimationFromStyles(element, options);
+      }
 
       if (flags.blockTransition || flags.blockKeyframeAnimation) {
         applyBlocking(maxDuration);
@@ -692,6 +716,13 @@ var $AnimateCssProvider = ['$animateProvider', function($animateProvider) {
         applyAnimationClasses(element, options);
         applyAnimationStyles(element, options);
 
+        if (Object.keys(restoreStyles).length) {
+          forEach(restoreStyles, function(value, prop) {
+            value ? node.style.setProperty(prop, value)
+                  : node.style.removeProperty(prop);
+          });
+        }
+
         // the reason why we have this option is to allow a synchronous closing callback
         // that is fired as SOON as the animation ends (when the CSS is removed) or if
         // the animation never takes off at all. A good example is a leave animation since
@@ -886,7 +917,12 @@ var $AnimateCssProvider = ['$animateProvider', function($animateProvider) {
           }
 
           element.on(events.join(' '), onAnimationProgress);
-          applyAnimationToStyles(element, options);
+          if (options.to) {
+            if (options.cleanupStyles) {
+              registerRestorableStyles(restoreStyles, node, Object.keys(options.to));
+            }
+            applyAnimationToStyles(element, options);
+          }
         }
 
         function onAnimationExpired() {

test/ng/animateCssSpec.js

@@ -115,6 +115,38 @@ describe("$animateCss", function() {
       expect(cancelSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(doneSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     }));
+
+    it("should not bother applying the provided [from] and [to] styles to the element if [cleanupStyles] is present",
+      inject(function($animateCss, $rootScope) {
+
+      var animator = $animateCss(element, {
+        cleanupStyles: true,
+        from: { width: '100px' },
+        to: { width: '900px', height: '1000px' }
+      });
+
+      assertStyleIsEmpty(element, 'width');
+      assertStyleIsEmpty(element, 'height');
+
+      var runner = animator.start();
+
+      assertStyleIsEmpty(element, 'width');
+      assertStyleIsEmpty(element, 'height');
+
+      triggerRAF();
+
+      assertStyleIsEmpty(element, 'width');
+      assertStyleIsEmpty(element, 'height');
+
+      runner.end();
+
+      assertStyleIsEmpty(element, 'width');
+      assertStyleIsEmpty(element, 'height');
+
+      function assertStyleIsEmpty(element, prop) {
+        expect(element[0].style.getPropertyValue(prop)).toBeFalsy();
+      }
+    }));
   });
 
 });

test/ngAnimate/animateCssSpec.js

@@ -2786,6 +2786,71 @@ describe("ngAnimate $animateCss", function() {
         }));
       });
 
+      describe("[cleanupStyles]", function() {
+        it("should cleanup [from] and [to] styles that have been applied for the animation when true",
+          inject(function($animateCss) {
+
+          var runner = $animateCss(element, {
+            duration: 1,
+            from: { background: 'gold' },
+            to: { color: 'brown' },
+            cleanupStyles: true
+          }).start();
+
+          assertStyleIsPresent(element, 'background', true);
+          assertStyleIsPresent(element, 'color', false);
+
+          triggerAnimationStartFrame();
+
+          assertStyleIsPresent(element, 'background', true);
+          assertStyleIsPresent(element, 'color', true);
+
+          runner.end();
+
+          assertStyleIsPresent(element, 'background', false);
+          assertStyleIsPresent(element, 'color', false);
+
+          function assertStyleIsPresent(element, style, bool) {
+            expect(element[0].style[style])[bool ? 'toBeTruthy' : 'toBeFalsy']();
+          }
+        }));
+
+        it("should restore existing overidden styles already on present on the element when true",
+          inject(function($animateCss) {
+
+          element.css("height", "100px");
+          element.css("width", "111px");
+
+          var runner = $animateCss(element, {
+            duration: 1,
+            from: { height: '200px', 'font-size':'66px' },
+            to: { height: '300px', 'font-size': '99px', width: '222px' },
+            cleanupStyles: true
+          }).start();
+
+          assertStyle(element, 'height', "200px");
+          assertStyle(element, 'font-size', "66px");
+          assertStyle(element, 'width', "111px");
+
+          triggerAnimationStartFrame();
+
+          assertStyle(element, 'height', "300px");
+          assertStyle(element, 'width', "222px");
+          assertStyle(element, 'font-size', "99px");
+
+          runner.end();
+
+          assertStyle(element, 'width', "111px");
+          assertStyle(element, 'height', "100px");
+
+          expect(element[0].style.getPropertyValue("font-size")).not.toBe("66px");
+
+          function assertStyle(element, prop, value) {
+            expect(element[0].style.getPropertyValue(prop)).toBe(value);
+          }
+        }));
+      });
+
       it('should round up long elapsedTime values to close off a CSS3 animation',
         inject(function($animateCss) {