preventDefault

[daslicht]

Even tho I have the following code, the page will still reload:

router.get('/about', function(req, event) {
        event.preventDefault(); 
...

What am I missing please?

[baseprime]

Hi @daslicht, when you're setting a route, you're setting an event listener. So your handler in this case is the event handler. So in your case, it's too late to call preventDefault on an event that's already been fired.

router.get('/about', function(req, event){
    event.callbackRan // true
});

You can prevent route handlers from being fired by listening for route change events:

router.on('match', function(event){
    if(event.route === '/about'){
        event.preventDefault();
    }
});