solid-router: navigate(-1) or navigate(path)? How do we know which?
There's a probably not uncommen scenario in routing: you navigate somewhere, then the app has a button to go back.
For example, if you're on a home page, and you click a user profile, the back button could just run
But... what if you didn't start at the home page? For example, what if you copy/pasted the user profile URL into a new tab? It would no longer make sense for the back button to call
Is there a solution to this to make it easy? What's the best behavior? Should we just always call
Seems like the easy solution is to make a new history item each time, forget about
For example, if you're on a home page, and you click a user profile, the back button could just run
navigate(-1) and you'll be back at the home page, one entry previous in the browser history.But... what if you didn't start at the home page? For example, what if you copy/pasted the user profile URL into a new tab? It would no longer make sense for the back button to call
navigate(-1) because there's nothing to go back to. So in this case it would make more sense for it to call navigate('/'), adding a new entry in the browser history.Is there a solution to this to make it easy? What's the best behavior? Should we just always call
navigate('/') instead of navigate(-1) and make a new history item each time? Seems like the easy solution is to make a new history item each time, forget about
navigate(-1).
