Iron:router Router.go() call does nothing. Why?

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For some odd reason, the following iron:router call does nothing:

Router.go(`/some/path/edit/${id}`)

If I run the call in the console manually, it works! It just doesn’t work in the code where it should happen.

The strange thing is I can fix the problem by simply wrapping the call in a timeout to make the call happen in a future tick:

setTimeout(function() {
  Router.go(`/some/path/edit/${id}`)
}, 0)

Have you ever encountered this problem?

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Turns out I’m not the only one: [iron-router] Router.go not working from event but ok from console

Besides deferring the call, we can also solve it by calling preventDefault() on the event.

@tmeasday Maybe this can be fixed in iron:router so neither of the two workarounds is required?

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Seems to me that preventDefault() is the correct solution? Or take the href off the link if you don’t want to preventDefault()…

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