Hash and backbone router

Question

How should I make this using Router?

var itemView = Marionette.ItemView.extend({

     events: {
         'click #loadPage': 'loadPage'
     },

     loadPage: function () {
         document.location.hash = '#tasks/' + this.model.get('id');
     }

});

I would like to make the same thing using router.navigate. Or maybe is useless because Backbone.History record it doing my way? — Lorraine Bernard, Jun 29 '12 at 15:06

Tallmaris · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-27T10:47:04.350

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As per documentation, router.navigate is simply proxying to Backbone.history, which is global so you should be able to use it without problems:

Backbone.history.navigate("#tasks/", { trigger: true })

the {trigger: true} options as expected will trigger the hash change so that your router can react if it has that route registered.

edited Nov 27 '12 at 10:47

answered Jun 29 '12 at 21:49

Tallmaris

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '12 at 14:17

You must have "global" variable with a Router instance.

Then just call that variable in this way:

// yourRouter was defined in your main controller like this: 
// var YourRouterClass = Backbone.Router.extend({ 
// stuff of your own Router
// });
// var yourRouter = new YourRouterClass(); <- this is your global router instance
yourRouter.navigate('tasks/'+this.model.get('id'), {trigger : true});

Hash and backbone router

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