Preventing full page reload on Backbone pushState

Question

I\'m trying to prevent full page reloads using Backbone\'s pushState. When I call navigate() from my view\'s event, I see the messages marked // 1 below, but not // 2. In ad

Answer 1

The answer is actually in here https://stackoverflow.com/a/9331734/985383, if you enable pushState you want links to work and not prevent them as suggested above, or well, is not just preventing them. here it is:

initializeRouter: function () {
  Backbone.history.start({ pushState: true });
  $(document).on('click', 'a:not([data-bypass])', function (evt) {

    var href = $(this).attr('href');
    var protocol = this.protocol + '//';

    if (href.slice(protocol.length) !== protocol) {
      evt.preventDefault();
      app.router.navigate(href, true);
    }
  });
}