This video tutorial covers manipulating the DOM in AngularJS using directives with a link function.
I favored readability over conciseness in this fiddle but you could definitely inline a lot of it if you wished.
http://jsfiddle.net/simpulton/E7xER/
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https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/angular
