My main question is simple :

I get errors when doing DOM manipulation within Controllers or Directives however, the functionality works perfectly.

Error: [$parse:isecdom] Referencing DOM nodes in Angular expressions is disallowed! Expression: open()

I would like to ignore these errors, and get the confirmation that it is safe to do so, from a functionality perspective ( not a design perspective )

To keep things simple, I would appreciate a simple answer to this question without questioning my need to do this.

Now, if anybody does want to discuss in more detail, I have this gist :
https://gist.github.com/kosz/04f916a5725d85045be5 ( dependencies: angular, jquery, jquery ui dialog )
with the code i'm currently experiencing this behaviour in.

I have done my best so far, to get rid of this error, and based on what i read, and the docs, dom manipulation in angular seems to be encouraged in the directives.

So I've made the code work with a directive, however, it still throws the error !?

As you can see I am using Jquery UI and showing it for each list item, if the user wants to edit. I am not directly manipulating the dom, however, i need a way to control the close/open events of the jQuery ui Dialog, which doesn't make Angular fill my console with errors.

Any insight on this is greatly appreciated.

Please note that I am aware of the angular ui bootstrap modal, and it's not an option for me to use in this particular scenario.