goTo() no longer support external urls (custom fix inside)

[tegola]

Hello,
I'm hoping this project has still a little support from the community.
I've switched from a pre-coffeescript version of jqtouch to the latest one, and I am having troubles porting my app.

The main issue is that the goTo method, that once supported both IDs and urls, now gives an error.

With Zepto:

> jQT.goTo('mobile/projects')
zepto.js:261 Uncaught DOMException: Failed to execute 'querySelectorAll' on 'Document': '/mobile/projects' is not a valid selector.
zepto.js:261 zepto.qsa
zepto.js:188 zepto.init
zepto.js:218 $
jqt.js:243 (anonymous function)
VM4881:2 (anonymous function)
VM4846:847 InjectedScript._evaluateOn
VM4846:780 InjectedScript._evaluateAndWrap
VM4846:646 InjectedScript.evaluate

With jQuery 2 + jqtouch-jquery2.js:

> jQT.goTo('mobile/projects')
jquery-2.1.3.js:1453 Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: mobile/projects
jquery-2.1.3.js:1453 Sizzle.error
jquery-2.1.3.js:2070 Sizzle.tokenize
jquery-2.1.3.js:2474 Sizzle.select
jquery-2.1.3.js:850 Sizzle
jquery-2.1.3.js:2690 jQuery.fn.extend.find
jquery-2.1.3.js:2798 jQuery.fn.init
jquery-2.1.3.js:76 jQuery
jqt.js:243 (anonymous function)
VM4896:2 (anonymous function)
VM4894:847 InjectedScript._evaluateOn
VM4894:780 InjectedScript._evaluateAndWrap
VM4894:646 InjectedScript.evaluate

Any cue?

Thanks

[tegola]

After playing a bit with the js file generated by CoffeeScript (which I'm not familiar with), I've managed to fix it:

Here's the original bit:

if (typeof toPage === "string") {
  nextPage = $(toPage);
  if (!nextPage.length) {
    showPageByHref(toPage, {
      animation: animation
    });
    return;
  } else {
    toPage = nextPage;
  }
}

And here's the fix:

if (typeof toPage === "string") {
  try {
    nextPage = $(toPage);
  }
  catch(e){
    // toPage was not a valid selector
    showPageByHref(toPage, {
      animation: animation
    });
    return;
  }
  toPage = nextPage;
}

I'm not sure if it's the right fix, but it works for me.
Summoning @thomasyip and @davidkaneda to have a look at it and update the original CoffeeScript file.

[tnmtechnologies]

Thanks @tegola for this fix. I used it for an old jQTouch version.

[tegola]

I'm glad it helped 👍