Changing `ng-required` calls `ng-change`

Question

I have a strange behavior in my app using AngularJS 1.5.8:

plunker (https://plnkr.co/edit/zaHVJeK8hdxk2gaOL9Pf?p=preview) and video(http://recordit.co/eszvfdfC9S)

step 1. At the beginning changing
ng-required
doesn't call
ng-change
function

step 2. After making changes in
input
AND removing them (
input
is empty)
ng-required
DOES call
ng-change
function

expected behavior?

step 2. After making changes in
input
AND removing them (
input
is empty)
ng-required
SHOULD NOT call
ng-change
function. As it was at the beginning, and as it is when input has some value

Please let me know if it's a bug or not. If not then why changing

ng-required

calls

ng-change

NOT always or even at all?

Answer 1

You should add

        ng-model-options="{allowInvalid: true}"

So the final result will be

<input type="text" 
    ng-change="$ctrl.onChange()" 
    ng-required="$ctrl.isRequired"
    ng-model-options="{allowInvalid: true}"
    ng-model="$ctrl.val"
    />

Changing `ng-required` calls `ng-change`

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