fix(form): pick the right attribute name for ngForm

Closes #2997

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ng/directive/form.js b/src/ng/directive/form.js
index 77f4379e..72f752be 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/form.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/form.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function FormController(element, attrs) {
       errors = form.$error = {};
 
   // init state
-  form.$name = attrs.name;
+  form.$name = attrs.name || attrs.ngForm;
   form.$dirty = false;
   form.$pristine = true;
   form.$valid = true;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function FormController(element, attrs) {
    *
    * @description
    * Sets the validity of a form control.
-   * 
+   *
    * This method will also propagate to parent forms.
    */
   form.$setValidity = function(validationToken, isValid, control) {
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/formSpec.js b/test/ng/directive/formSpec.js
index 347d4476..f8e4cf63 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/formSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/formSpec.js
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ describe('form', function() {
     expect(scope.myForm.alias).toBeDefined();
   });
 
+  it('should use ngForm value as form name when nested inside form', function () {
+    doc = $compile(
+      '<form name="myForm">' +
+        '<div ng-form="nestedForm"><input type="text" name="alias" ng-model="value"/></div>' +
+      '</form>')(scope);
+
+    expect(scope.myForm).toBeDefined();
+    expect(scope.myForm.nestedForm).toBeDefined();
+    expect(scope.myForm.nestedForm.alias).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
 
   it('should publish form to scope when name attr is defined', function() {
     doc = $compile('<form name="myForm"></form>')(scope);