Suppress reloading of ui-router based view on query parameter change

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Question in title still stands - is it possible to catch ?parameters and cancel view reload.

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This can be achieved by using nested states. the code will look something like this

 $stateProvider.state('viewtopic', {abstract:true,
url:/topics,
resolve: {
            topic: function ($stateParams, Topic) {
                // Wrapper around Restangular. Returns promise.
                return new Topic().get($stateParams.slug);
            }
        },
views: {
templateUrl: