Why does Ember Router only allow navigating to leaf routes?

Question

Something I have noticed recently with Ember Router is it only allows navigating to leaf routes — routes without child routes.

Now unless I\'m doing things incorrectly t

Answer 1

I think this issue is resolved. I am using ember routes without an index and do not face any leaf state issues. I was browsing why we need an index at all and I landed up here. Is there any other reason for using the index state too?