Overview

Directives are classes that add additional behavior to elements in your Angular applications. Use Angular’s built-in directives to manage forms, lists, styles, and what users see.

The different types of Angular directives are as follows:

Directive types	Details
Components	Used with a template. This type of directive is the most common directive type.
Attribute drectives	Change the appearance or behavior of an element, component, or another directive.
Structural directives	Change the DOM layout by adding and removing DOM elements.