GWT. Set url without submit

Question

Can i change url(set parameter) without submit? I found this method http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/javadoc/2.1/com/google/gwt/user/client/Window.Location.html#

Answer 1

If you want to change something that is not in the hash, for example you want to change a parameter in the URL, you can do it like this!

private void someMethod() {
    String newURL = Window.Location.createUrlBuilder().setParameter("someParam", "someValue").buildString();
    updateURLWithoutReloading(newURL);
}

private static native void updateURLWithoutReloading(String newUrl) /*-{
    $wnd.history.pushState(newUrl, "", newUrl);
}-*/;

Then you could register a function that handles the user using the back and forward browser buttons as demonstrated here.