href causes unintended page reload with Angularjs and Twitter Bootstrap

Question

I am working on a project that uses Angularjs and Twitter Bootstrap.

Bootstrap uses # to toggle components such as popover, modal etc. for example:

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Answer 1

I had similar issues, full page reload vs just view switching.

Because Angular apps are SAPs, we only update whatever comes after hostname/#/.

I instantiate a SuperController, kind of the application level controller and like Carlos V said, you can use ng-click instead of href to update $location.path().

Here's a fiddle link

Might not be the most optimal solution. Hope it helps.

Answer 2

The hashbang in Angular is used for routing. Look at the tutorial for a deeper insight into how it works here.

You should also take a look at Angular UI Bootstrap.

Regular Boostrap wasn't built with Angular in mind, so there are few things that aren't in line with Angular. So the team decided to port Boostrap into Angular directives, giving you the ability to fully use Angular's ng- features (which you wouldn't be able to do easily with just regular Boostrap).

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Due to the way routing works, I don't think you would be able to do what you want, and you shouldn't need to. Since you're using the <a> as a button, make it a regular button and add an ng-click:

<button class="btn btn-primary" ng-click="openDialog()">Open Dialog</button>

This is the Angular way (and how Angular UI Bootstrap works).

Lastly, in Angular, the <a> is a directive docs here, so if you want to prevent the default click, leave href="":

<a href="" ng-click="model.$save()">Save</a>

Answer 3

Use something like this in ur js

$('a').on('click',function(e){

    e.preventDefault();
});

Just make sure you make a class for your 'a' otherwise you will do it to all a's.

Answer 4

I solved: Simply just change HREF attribute by the DATA-TARGET attribute.

<div>
    <!-- Nav tabs -->
    <ul class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist" id="myTabs">
        <li role="presentation" class="active">
            <a data-target="#home" aria-controls="home" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">Home</a>
        </li>
        <li role="presentation">
            <a data-target="#profile" aria-controls="profile" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">Profile</a>
        </li>
    </ul>

    <!-- Tab panes -->
    <div class="tab-content">
        <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane active" id="home">Tortor Porta Sit</div>
        <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="profile">Duis mollis, est non commodo</div>
    </div>
</div>

Answer 5

Go ahead & make the below change, of putting javascript:void(0) instead of #myModal for href. Use Javascript to trigger your modal opening, by putting a click event.

    <a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="openModal()" role="button"...

    function openModal(){
      $("#myModal").moda();
    }

Answer 6

There's a simpler solution here: How to prevent redirecting <a href="#something"> in Angular Js1.2

Just add target="_self" to your links