ngIf and ngSwitch AngularJS

Question

What's practical difference between ngIf and ngSwitch? Both directives manipulate the DOM, but ngSwitch is more verbose. Is the typical case to just use ngIf unless you need something really big in which case use ngSwitch?

Is there a situation where ngSwitch and ngIf are not direct replacements? Or is their only practical difference the syntax?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16741949/ngif-and-ngswitch-angularjs

Answer 1

ngIf is basically a version of ngSwitch with a single condition. It's different from ngShow in that it removes the actual DOM element rather than simply hiding it. If you're using an ngSwitch with just a singly truthy condition check, then I believe ngIf will do the same thing.