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AngularJs - cancel route change event

rated 0 times [ 126] [ 7] / answers: 1 / hits: 99586 / 11 Years ago, thu, may 2, 2013, 12:00:00

How do I cancel route change event in AngularJs?

My current code is

$rootScope.$on($routeChangeStart, function (event, next, current) {



// do some validation checks

if(validation checks fails){



    console.log(validation failed);



    window.history.back(); // Cancel Route Change and stay on current page  



}

});

with this even if the validation fails Angular pulls the next template and associated data and then immediately switches back to previous view/route. I don't want angular to pull next template & data if validation fails, ideally there should be no window.history.back(). I even tried event.preventDefault() but no use.

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answered 11 Years ago luzv · Accepted Answer

Instead of $routeChangeStart use $locationChangeStart

Here's the discussion about it from the angularjs guys: https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/2109

Edit 3/6/2018 You can find it in the docs: https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/service/$location#event-$locationChangeStart

Example:

$scope.$on('$locationChangeStart', function(event, next, current) {

    if ($scope.form.$invalid) {

       event.preventDefault();

    }

});