On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 8:38 PM, C.Rigby <cram.ri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm developing a single page AJAX webapp with Tapestry 5 and Dojo. I'd > like > to allow the forward and back browser buttons to work, as well as allowing > users to share bookmarks within the app. I've been reading up on using > anchors to capture the application state. Something like this in PHP: > > http://yensdesign.com/2008/11/creating-ajax-websites-based-on-anchor-navigation/ > > Two questions: > 1. Is there a "proper" way to implement anchor usage for AJAX webapps using > Tapestry or should I just code all of the handlers in JS? Tapestry seems > very much geared for multi-page applications, but does incorporate some > nice > AJAX functionality for what I'm trying to accomplish. I'm curious if > anyone > has successfully implemented something like this. > I've been thinking about it but haven't actually tried it. What I would use is https://github.com/balupton/History.js/ > > 2. Can the anchor context in a URL be retrieved from the onActivate() > function of a page? In other words, if I want to allow a user to bookmark > a > "page", can I set up the onActivate function to parse the incoming anchor > tag and initialize the page appropriately. > I think history.js makes ajax calls using urls that you define (think about making these url's as event links using ComponentResources) and you can listen to events in a tapestry page/component. The anchors are fallback for html4, I like the idea behind history.js because it also covers html5 browsers without using anchors. So basically think/work with them as states not just anchors in a url. Hope it helps a bit. Cheers > > Thanks for any guidance anyone can give! > > -- > View this message in context: > http://tapestry.1045711.n5.nabble.com/Tapestry5-Anchor-Usage-for-Navigation-tp5036547p5036547.html > Sent from the Tapestry - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > >
