That's what ng-class
is for.
You can set a application-wide variable $rootScope.path whenever path changes.
app.run(function ($rootScope, $location) {
$rootScope.$on("$locationChangeStart", function (event, next, current) {
$rootScope.path = $location.path();
});
});
Then, you decide to set your animation class by that variable
If you want to set class slide
only if path is not /
, do like this
<div ng-view ng-class="{slide: path !== '/' }"></div>
By doing this way, you don't need to touch any of your controller.
Full demo is here, http://plnkr.co/edit/rmu8oc7ycKzRaA2zv5JN?p=preview
By the way, this uses currant angularJS version, 1.2.7
------- Edit (animate after visit main page) ------
app.run(function ($rootScope, $location) {
$rootScope.$on("$locationChangeStart", function (event, next, current) {
if (!$location.path().match(/^\/?$/) && !$rootScope.mainVisitedOnce) {
$rootScope.mainVisitedOnce = true;
}
});
});
and
<div ng-view ng-class="{slide: mainVisitedOnce }"></div>