I am facing a peculiar issue in my Angular 2 application that I need help troubleshooting. Currently, the routing within my app functions as intended when I click on links to navigate between different components. Here is an example of how the routing paths are defined in my root routing file:
{ path: 'home', component: HomeComponent, canActivate: [AuthGuard], data: {contentId: 'home-page'} },
{ path: 'contacts', component: ContactsComponent, canActivate: [AuthGuard], data: {contentId: 'contacts-page'} },
However, I have noticed that when I right-click on a link and select "Open Link in New Tab" while trying to navigate to a different component, instead of loading the correct component in the new tab, the page redirects to the login page. This behavior only occurs when using the "Open Link in New Tab" option in Chrome.
The route for my login component is as follows:
{ path: 'login', component: LoginComponent },
To provide more context, the only redirection logic in my root routing file is set up to redirect to the home component when a route is not recognized:
{ path: '**', redirectTo: 'home' }
For instance, here is what the link for the "contacts" route looks like: http://localhost:4200/contacts
I am unsure if this issue is related to the browser settings or if it stems from default Angular behavior. I am seeking guidance on how to identify and resolve this issue.
Initially, I suspected that the problem might be related to the AuthGuard, but even after removing the AuthGuard protection from the "contacts" link, the issue persists and the page still redirects to the login component when opened in a new tab.
Below is a snippet of the code implemented in my login component:
constructor(private router: Router,
private route: ActivatedRoute,
private authenticationService: AuthenticationService,
private alertService: AlertService,
private idle: Idle)
{}
ngOnInit()
{
// Code for resetting login status
this.authenticationService.logout();
// Handling return url assignment
this.returnUrl = this.route.snapshot.queryParams['returnUrl'] || '/';
}
login(response)
{
// Login functionality
this.loading = true;
this.authenticationService.login(this.model.username, this.model.password)
.subscribe(
data =>
{
this.router.navigate(['/']);
this.reset();
},
error =>
{
this.alertService.error(error, response);
this.loading = false;
});
this.authenticationService.username = this.model.username;
}
reset()
{
// Resetting user session
this.idle.watch();
this.idleState = '';
this.timedOut = false;
}
}
The relevant sections of the authenticationService utilized in the login component are depicted below:
login(username: string, password: string)
{
// Processing login data
}
isAuthenticated()
{
// Function to authenticate user session
}
logout()
{
// Logging out user session
}