title: Angular: Control that fired ng-change
body: <p>I have an Angular form that has several input boxes that I want to validate, using a generic JS function but need to know the control that fired the event so certain rules can be applied.</p>
  
  <p>(Simplified code)</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;input ng-model="Field1" ..... ng-change="validateMe()" /&gt;
  .
  .
  &lt;input ng-model="FieldX" ..... ng-change="validateMe()" /&gt;
  
  $scope.validateMe = function() {
     // get the text of the control that fired the event
  
     // do the validation 
  
     // update something else if valid value given
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I know that <code>ng-click</code> has the <code>$event</code>, but how can I do it from an <code>ng-change</code></p>