Preventing page reload when we try to reload the same page without empty hash at the end of URL

[gauravjhs]

With latest fixes for (4b3a590, #10397, #10960), now if we click on a link to go to the same page, page is not getting reloaded. Instead a empty hash tag is getting appended at the end.

If I am on dummy.com/page1#/abc and I click on a link with href "page1" then angular is not reloading the page. I get new link as dummy.com/page1#

Even "otherwise" in $routeProvider is not working in this case.

[wesleycho]

I cannot seem to reproduce this - http://plnkr.co/edit/a5FcyBQNVfJpjaDkHHRW?p=preview . Can you give a simple live reproduction of the issue?

[gauravjhs]

I am not sure how to reproduce it on plunker but i'll try to explain it here.
Current URL: www.dummy.com/dashboard#/companies
I have a home (anchor) link with href="dashboard"
Earlier when user used to click on this, page used to reload but now when user clicks
New URL : www.dummy.com/dashboard#
without the page reload.

Hope this helps.

[thomasphan]

@wesleycho I reproduced the issue with a fork of your plunk

http://plnkr.co/edit/yjAsZqMMZ2Ic6EimfTcc?p=preview

The issue occurs when clicking "Link to self". Also, the issue is more obvious when you "Launch the preview in a separate window". Thanks!

[petebacondarwin]

The behaviour demonstrated in this issue is what we want to happen in the majority of cases. In other words, we do not want to trigger page reloads if we are just effectively changing the hash.

If you want to force a page reload you simply add target="_self" to the link: see http://plnkr.co/edit/DVm0Jq8hGcuqhclTW5Rj?p=preview