Backbone.js routing without changing url

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Published on 2013-06-27T04:18:27Z Indexed on 2013/06/27 4:21 UTC
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I am migrating a single-page web application based on Backbone.js and jQuery to a Chrome extension. However, neither the pushState nor the hashbang-based router modes seem to play well with the environment within the extension. I've come to the conclusion that I'm better off just directly rendering views on user interactions, bypassing the window.location system altogether. However, I'm not too sure how to implement this without changing calls to Router.navigate in dozens of files.

Is there a pluggable/modular way to keep the Backbone routing system but bypass any changes to the url?

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