Router - load url directly?

[Jason Clark]

So here's possibly one of the dumbest questions ever asked on this group: Is it possible with the router in 2.0 to give it a route that maps to an external URL?

Here's what I'm trying to do: I'm using Durandal for our main company site, and I'd like to add a link to a sister company's site in the navigation.  Since the router builds the navigation, I kinda need to include it in the routes, I think.  If there's a better way to do this, please let me know.

[Rob Eisenberg]

I would just add a static link and not worry about involving the router or databinding.

On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Jason Clark <riceb...@gmail.com> wrote:

So here's possibly one of the dumbest questions ever asked on this group: Is it possible with the router in 2.0 to give it a route that maps to an external URL?

Here's what I'm trying to do: I'm using Durandal for our main company site, and I'd like to add a link to a sister company's site in the navigation.  Since the router builds the navigation, I kinda need to include it in the routes, I think.  If there's a better way to do this, please let me know.

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[Jason Clark]

Well, instead, I used the router, but paid attention to the navigation I was using.  In essence, I added a route with no ModuleID, a hash of the URL I was pointing to (as in my navigation I was setting href = hash) and a title.  That fixed the issue entirely.

Thanks for encouraging the static link, as it actually made life easier for me.  (BTW, the reason I didn't just use a static link is that my navigation is (like most I think) in a foreach databound ul. Adding the static link would have wreaked havoc on my links, I think.)

[George P]

Rob/Jason,

Actually I just created a custom binding for this very purpose. It works beautifully well and I think it fits perfectly with how Knockout wants you to approach DOM interaction (I certainly view adding a hyperlink as a DOM interaction).

So this is what I do:

<span class="url" data-bind="externalUrl: { url: website, abbreviate: true, showPopup: true, maxLength: 25 }"></span> 

The binding creates an anchor tag on the fly if website exists, or removes the anchor (after verifying that the anchor is already present) if it does not. I also do other things, like optionally strip out protocol and even "www" to conserve display real estate.

I hope this helps.

Durandal ROCKS! It's so enjoyable to work with. Thanks for all of your work Rob!

George