AngularJS Directives Complete Reference Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report Directives are markers in the Document Object Model(DOM). Directives can be used with any of controller or HTML tag which will tell the compiler what exact operation or behavior is expected. There are some directives present which is predefined but if a developer wants he can create new directives (custom-directive). Example: This example uses ng-app Directive to define a default AngularJS application. javascript <html> <head> <title>AngularJS Directives</title> <script src= "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.6.9/angular.min.js"> </script> </head> <body style="text-align:center"> <h2 style = "color:green">Geeksforgeeks</h2> <div ng-app="" ng-init="name='GeeksforGeeks'"> <p>{{ name }} is the portal for geeks.</p> </div> </body> </html> Output: The following table lists the important built-in AngularJS directives. 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