target="_blank" ui-sref's with slashes get converted to %2F (even when using custom param type)

[mismith]

Using the following custom type:

    // fix '/' rewriting to '%2F'
    $urlMatcherFactoryProvider.type('UriPath', {
        encode: function(v){ return v || ''; },
        decode: function(v){ return v || ''; },
        is:     function(v){ return true; },
    });

The following:

<a ui-sref="page({path: 'lots/of/slashes'})" target="_blank">Click me</a>

Opens the following / generates the following href:

/lots%2Fof%2Fslashes

Where I would expect:

/lots/of/slashes

Live plnkr showing this bug: http://plnkr.co/edit/7WbNArmXm2p3scQUzWHh?p=preview

The expected behaviour does seem to work when there is no target="_blank" attribute on the link. How can I work around this?

[derzwen]

I have the same problem as well, but always. It doesn't matter if there's a target="_blank" oder not.

If i open your provided punkr, i always see the encoded URLs independent of the target attribute. How did you get this working without a target attribute? From my point of view, it never works....

[mismith]

Any update on this?

[mismith]

Simplified plunkr from #1119: http://plnkr.co/edit/tNlRmadZRUGRPHhrKqTQ?p=preview

[jomonkj]

+1 i have same problem

[jomonkj]

solved by this http://jsfiddle.net/jylinman/rm1Lbptf/1/

[mismith]

@jomonkj that fiddle does not solve the problem for me on Chrome 44.0.2403.89 for Mac OS X 10.10.4
(see both hovered URL at bottom left and raw URL next to link)

[jomonkj]

@mismith you are correct. jsFiddle code only work with firefox. Issue remains with IE and Chrome

[mismith]

Still need a solution, despite #1119, #1645, and many others.. I would love to help, but it requires core changes that I don't think I'd be able to make without at least some kind of approval from someone on the ui-router team

[paveleremin]

@mismith 👍 for the report, I have the same issue. Did you resolve it some how?

[ghost]

@mismith Getting the same issue, you found any solution for this ?

[christopherthielen]

This is addressed in 1.0 using raw parameter or parameter types.

http://plnkr.co/edit/bOEIgRN4SHD8mpaMko2W?p=preview