Route is missing, stay in current View

[mgs]

If Kendo cannot find a route, method "routeMissing" is called. When that method gets executed, the URL has already changed. What can be done, so the current view and the browser's URL do not change?

I tried to call preventDefault on the event object, as can be done in the change event. However, that did not work.

Michael G. Schneider

[Petyo]

Hi Michael,

Thank you for your feedback. Your expectation makes sense; we will introduce this change in our next internal build (as it is not a breaking change). I am updating your telerik points for this finding. 

All the best,
Petyo
the Telerik team

[mgs]

Hello Petyo,

thanks a lot for the answer.

Michael G. Schneider

[Zachary]

@Michael, thank you for posting this. It was bothering me too!

@Petyo, the fix is much appreciated!

Just updated Kendo UI in my application and was happy to discover that this works now. It is worth noting that I had to include e.preventDefault() in the routeMissing function.

The documentation should be updated to reflect this change. I went there before I stumbled upon this thread. API Reference > Framework > Kendo Router > change has a callout that should be copied down to routeMissing.

Thanks again!
Zachary

[Petyo]

Hello Zachary,

Thank you for your feedback - we updated the article in question. 

Regards,
Petyo
Telerik

[Zachary]

It is worth noting that in kendo.Router.routeMissing, e.preventDefault exhibits two types of behavior. If you are on a valid route (e.g. #/page1) and click a link to an invalid route (e.g. #/missing), preventDefault works as expected, and keeps you on #/page1. If you are on #/page1, however, and type #/missing directly into the address bar, preventDefault drops you on the valid route you were on before #/page1 (e.g. #/page0).

I can live with this, because I doubt users will type routes into the address bar very often.

Thanks again Petyo!
Zachary