Projecting nested content using ngContent

Utilizing components as standalone tags that are self-contained and wholly manage their contents is a clean pattern, but you will frequently find that your component tags demand that they enclose content.

Note

The code, links, and a live example of this are available at http://ngcookbook.herokuapp.com/6172/.

Getting ready

Suppose you had the following application:

[app/ad-section.component.ts] 
 
import {Component} from '@angular/core'; 
 
@Component({ 
  selector: 'ad-section', 
  template: ` 
    <a href="#">{{adText}}</a> 
  ` 
}) 
export class AdSectionComponent { 
  adText:string = 'Selfie sticks 40% off!'; 
} 
 
[app/article.component.ts] 
 
import {Component} from '@angular/core'; 
 
@Component({ 
  selector: 'article', 
  template: ` 
    <h1>{{title}}</h1> 
    <p>U.S. senators are up in arms following the...