navigate: function()

in bower_modules/backbone/backbone.js [1469:1506]


    navigate: function(fragment, options) {
      if (!History.started) return false;
      if (!options || options === true) options = {trigger: !!options};

      var url = this.root + (fragment = this.getFragment(fragment || ''));

      // Strip the fragment of the query and hash for matching.
      fragment = fragment.replace(pathStripper, '');

      if (this.fragment === fragment) return;
      this.fragment = fragment;

      // Don't include a trailing slash on the root.
      if (fragment === '' && url !== '/') url = url.slice(0, -1);

      // If pushState is available, we use it to set the fragment as a real URL.
      if (this._hasPushState) {
        this.history[options.replace ? 'replaceState' : 'pushState']({}, document.title, url);

      // If hash changes haven't been explicitly disabled, update the hash
      // fragment to store history.
      } else if (this._wantsHashChange) {
        this._updateHash(this.location, fragment, options.replace);
        if (this.iframe && (fragment !== this.getFragment(this.getHash(this.iframe)))) {
          // Opening and closing the iframe tricks IE7 and earlier to push a
          // history entry on hash-tag change.  When replace is true, we don't
          // want this.
          if(!options.replace) this.iframe.document.open().close();
          this._updateHash(this.iframe.location, fragment, options.replace);
        }

      // If you've told us that you explicitly don't want fallback hashchange-
      // based history, then `navigate` becomes a page refresh.
      } else {
        return this.location.assign(url);
      }
      if (options.trigger) return this.loadUrl(fragment);
    },