View doesn't change when navigating to link

[brianharwell]

There is an issue when $location is injected into a controller. Some links stop working. The URL changes but the view is not changed. The $route events are not fired either.

It has been over a year and this insidious bug is still not fixed for IE. Chrome and Firefox appear to work fine but I had to add "hacky" code in order for IE11 to navigate.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17835768/angularjs-view-doesnt-change-when-navigating-to-link

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/angular/link$20not$20working/angular/BsenavakfyQ/wtbRBVBxJ0sJ

[tbosch]

Hi,
$location is made to allow in-app navigation. It captures all links that resolve to a url that match the <base> tag. If you want to leave an angular application, you need to use window.location directly.

Could you create a jsfiddle / plunker for your particular use case?

[tbosch]

Maybe we need to update our docs, especially the guide for $location: https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/$location.

[brianharwell]

I don't know if I can create a jsfiddle demonstrating the issue but if you want I could do a screen sharing session to show you.

I am not trying to navigate away from my site.

The link that does not work is in my header and is as follows...

Companies

and the reason I am injectimg $location is to do this...

var promise = companySvc.Update($scope.Company);
promise.then(function () { $location.path('/Company'); });

Thanks

[brianharwell]

This link is...

href="/Portal/#/Company">Companies

*With some tags stripped so it displays as text

[tbosch]

Ok, lets do a screen share tomorrow. How about 11am PDT?

[tbosch]

Could you send me your email to tbosch@google.com?