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The browser history of the client never *really* worked. When you were
redirected to a Lona app from an external site, you couldn't go back by
clicking on the back button. When you were three links into an Lona app and
refreshed the tab, the history before the refresh was unreachable.

Previously, both client1 and client2 created a new history entry, using
`history.pushState`, when a new view started, regardless the reason of the view
starting. So initial setup, refreshes, and reconnects also created history
items.
This is not correct! `history.pushState` should only be called when
you want to *extend* the browser history, beyond the normal history behaviour.

This patch limits all calls to `history.pushState` to cases of actual in-app
navigation, and adds a test to check the now corrected behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Florian Scherf <[email protected]>
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions lona/client/_lona/client/input-events.js
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Expand Up @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export class LonaInputEventHandler {
event.stopPropagation();

try {
lona_window.run_view(node.href);
lona_window.run_view(node.href, {}, true);

} catch(error) {
lona_window.crash(error);
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href += '?' + query;
};

lona_window.run_view(href);
lona_window.run_view(href, {}, true);

} else if(method == 'post') {
lona_window.run_view(action, form_data);
lona_window.run_view(action, form_data, true);

};

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15 changes: 8 additions & 7 deletions lona/client/_lona/client/window.js
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Expand Up @@ -271,10 +271,6 @@ export class LonaWindow {
this._view_runtime_id = view_runtime_id;
this._view_running = true;

if(this.lona_context.settings.update_address_bar) {
history.pushState({}, '', this.get_url().href);
};

this._clear();
this._clear_node_cache();

Expand All @@ -285,7 +281,7 @@ export class LonaWindow {
// TODO: implement loop detection

if(this.lona_context.settings.follow_redirects) {
this.run_view(payload);
this.run_view(payload, {}, true);

} else {
console.debug(
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};
};

run_view(url, post_data) {
run_view(url, post_data, add_to_history) {
// Save the requested url to only show HTML messages that are related
// to this request.
// This prevents glitches when switching urls fast.
Expand All @@ -369,6 +365,11 @@ export class LonaWindow {
this._view_runtime_id = undefined;
this._set_url(url);

// add url to history
if(this.lona_context.settings.update_address_bar && add_to_history) {
history.pushState({}, '', this.get_url().href);
};

// reset view start timeout
if(this._view_start_timeout != undefined) {
clearTimeout(this._view_start_timeout);
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};

setup(url) {
this.run_view(url);
this.run_view(url, {}, false);
};
};
6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions lona/client2/_lona/client2/input-events.js
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Expand Up @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export class LonaInputEventHandler {
event.stopPropagation();

try {
lona_window.run_view(node.href);
lona_window.run_view(node.href, {}, true);

} catch(error) {
lona_window.crash(error);
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href += '?' + query;
};

lona_window.run_view(href);
lona_window.run_view(href, {}, true);

} else if(method == 'post') {
lona_window.run_view(action, form_data);
lona_window.run_view(action, form_data, true);

};

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15 changes: 8 additions & 7 deletions lona/client2/_lona/client2/window.js
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Expand Up @@ -104,10 +104,6 @@ export class LonaWindow {
this._view_runtime_id = view_runtime_id;
this._view_running = true;

if(this.lona_context.settings.update_address_bar) {
history.pushState({}, '', this.get_url().href);
};

this._rendering_engine._clear();
this._rendering_engine._clear_node_cache();

Expand All @@ -118,7 +114,7 @@ export class LonaWindow {
// TODO: implement loop detection

if(this.lona_context.settings.follow_redirects) {
this.run_view(payload);
this.run_view(payload, {}, true);

} else {
console.debug(
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};
};

run_view(url, post_data) {
run_view(url, post_data, add_to_history) {
// Save the requested url to only show HTML messages that are related
// to this request.
// This prevents glitches when switching urls fast.
Expand All @@ -202,6 +198,11 @@ export class LonaWindow {
this._view_runtime_id = undefined;
this._set_url(url);

// add url to history
if(this.lona_context.settings.update_address_bar && add_to_history) {
history.pushState({}, '', this.get_url().href);
};

// reset view start timeout
if(this._view_start_timeout != undefined) {
clearTimeout(this._view_start_timeout);
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};

setup(url) {
this.run_view(url);
this.run_view(url, {}, false);
};
};
94 changes: 94 additions & 0 deletions tests/test_0307_history.py
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import pytest


@pytest.mark.parametrize('client_version', [1, 2])
@pytest.mark.parametrize('browser_name', ['chromium', 'firefox', 'webkit'])
async def test_client_history(
browser_name,
client_version,
lona_app_context,
):

"""
This test checks if the browser history works correctly by navigating
a browser page using the back and forward "buttons".
"""

from playwright.async_api import async_playwright

from lona.html import HTML, H1, A
from lona import View

def setup_app(app):

@app.route('/<title>')
class TestView(View):
def handle_request(self, request):
return HTML(
H1(request.match_info['title']),
A('foo', href='/foo', _id='foo'),
A('bar', href='/bar', _id='bar'),
A('baz', href='/baz', _id='baz'),
)

@app.route('/')
class Index(View):
def handle_request(self, request):
return HTML(
H1('index'),
A('foo', href='/foo', _id='foo'),
A('bar', href='/bar', _id='bar'),
A('baz', href='/baz', _id='baz'),
)

context = await lona_app_context(setup_app)

async with async_playwright() as p:
browser = await p.chromium.launch()
browser_context = await browser.new_context()
page = await browser_context.new_page()

# external site, about:blank
await page.goto('about:blank')
await page.wait_for_url('about:blank')

# /
await page.goto(context.make_url('/'))
await page.wait_for_url('/')
await page.wait_for_selector('h1:has-text("index")')

# /foo
await page.click('#foo')
await page.wait_for_url('/foo')
await page.wait_for_selector('h1:has-text("foo")')

# /bar
await page.click('#bar')
await page.wait_for_url('/bar')
await page.wait_for_selector('h1:has-text("bar")')

# back to /foo
await page.go_back()
await page.wait_for_url('/foo')
await page.wait_for_selector('h1:has-text("foo")')

# forward to /bar
await page.go_forward()
await page.wait_for_url('/bar')
await page.wait_for_selector('h1:has-text("bar")')

# back to /
await page.go_back()
await page.go_back()
await page.wait_for_url('/')
await page.wait_for_selector('h1:has-text("index")')

# back to external site
await page.go_back()
await page.wait_for_url('about:blank')

# forward to /foo
await page.go_forward()
await page.go_forward()
await page.wait_for_url('/foo')
await page.wait_for_selector('h1:has-text("foo")')

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