Backbone.js cause bug only in IE7

javascript internet-explorer-7 hashchange backbone.js
Dominic Mercier picture Dominic Mercier · Feb 11, 2011 · Viewed 7.5k times · Source

I'm developping a web app with CodeIgniter on back-end and Backbone.js on front-end. I'm also using HTML5 Boilerplate as my start template.

I'm using Backbone's Controller and History as main navigation through my application. I've done it one time in the past and everything have work fine. The problem is, when i start hashchange event capture with Backbone.History.start() and click on a link example.com/#home, the hash change in the url, the event is fired but 2 seconds after, the hash is cleared from url and an javascript error is throw only in ie7.

I've take a look at source code and hashchange event is acheived in IE7 by creating an IFRAME running an interval to check hash value change.

Anyone had this weird bug before and know how to solve this?

Answer

Dominic Mercier picture Dominic Mercier · Feb 15, 2011

The right way to handle an #hash base application with Backbone seems to Backbone.history.saveLocation( hash ) and after Backbone.history.loadUrl() to enable Controller's routing.

Whish i knew this before... Have fun with this awesome MVC library :)

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