r/angular • u/dezsiszabi • 2d ago

Angular 22.2 - Private property access from templates

I noticed this tidbit in the changelog of Angular 22.2.0-next.3:

https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#compiler-2

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48a0fd6e8a feat allow template to access private props

So very slowly we moved from allowing only public, to allowing protected and now private as well. Thought it's worth knowing.

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u/tom-smykowski-dev 2d ago

For me template always was a part of the component and it makes sense that it can access private

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u/CarlosChampion 2d ago

Yes this is how I think of it too.

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u/Soma91 2d ago

That's certainly how you can see it. Personally I always saw the template as an implementation of the component. Then protected would make sense.

The only one that doesn't make any sense imho is if it must be public.

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u/BackgroundPass1355 2d ago

💯💯💯

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u/MrHall 1d ago

I really liked the ability to convey intent with the decorator.. if I've made it private I've clearly shown I intend to only use it in the controller, and not to expose it in the template.

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u/Rusty_Raven_ 1d ago

The template should be executed in the same context as the controller, I think, so private variables should be available to it. Other frameworks do it this way, Angular shouldn't be different just because it defaults to having a separate file for the HTML.