well using a directive means you still have to put it everywhere ( in all your views). i'm more used to something like a master template with global menus and a

well using a directive means you still have to put it everywhere ( in all your views). i'm more used to something like a master template with global menus and a content div. but for that you would need multiple ng-views or something similar, since my menu bars also need to be linked to the context.