how does one handle navigation (specifically routi...

# compose-web

[andylamax]

how does one handle navigation (specifically routing) in compose-web?

[Brian G]

Roll your own, or you could try https://github.com/arkivanov/Decompose

[hfhbd]

Or this 😄 https://github.com/hfhbd/routing-compose

[spierce7]

I highly recommend decompose. I started using it, and it’s a bit different, but once you understand how it works, I prefer it’s explicit no-magic style to something like

[Big Chungus]

For web, decompose is not a good fit, because it does not manage your url, so you lose any link functionality. I'd recommend using routing-compose, which basically mimics react routers for compose.

[Arkadii Ivanov]

@Big Chungus I doesn't indeed, but it should be possible to manage urls manually. This should be a one-time job. And Decompose supports deep links as well.

[Big Chungus]

If decompose is pluggable in this regard, it would be great to have js-only module to allow registering this behaviour on jsMain, but still having all your decompose code in commonMain

[Arkadii Ivanov]

Yeah, I will consider this. Am I right that on navigation the page is reloaded with another URL? Or should the URL in the browser just change, following the navigation?

[Big Chungus]

It should go both ways. If i change the path in url, router should react and likewise it should provide some @Composable to act as a link element, that when clicked notifies the router to change url

[Big Chungus]

Have a look at how it's done in router-compose for ideas ;)

[Arkadii Ivanov]

Alright, I will check. Thanks.