I have a Backbone Router set up that seemingly works – the routes get triggered properly, the views update, etc. However, when I press the browser's "Back" button, the routes aren't triggered at all. Also, typing in a URL into the browser doesn't trigger the routers either. Is there some step I'm missing to bind the browser specific things to Backbone (Firefox 11).
Setup
var messageRouter = new MessageRouter({view: messageListView});
Backbone.history.start();
Trigger
Backbone.history.navigate("#/view/" + $(this).data("filter-type"), {trigger: true});
Router Code
var MessageRouter = Backbone.Router.extend({
view : null, /* should always be overridden */
initialize : function(options)
{
this.view = options.view;
},
routes : {
"" : "default",
"/view/:filter" : "filter",
"camera" : "camera"
},
default : function() {
},
filter : function(filterString) {
this.view.setFilter(filterString);
this.view.rerender();
},
camera : function(cameraString) {
}
});
Best Answer
You should call router.navigate using the same path that you had already defined. ie:
trigger
router