Linking to pdf files inside `public` folder doesn't work on routing. about solid-start

[ghalle]

I can confirm this and also the same thing happens for api routes.

Seems like this happens because links are handled by https://github.com/solidjs/solid-app-router while files inside the public folder and api routes are not known by solid-app-router.

API routes also do not currently support parametric and wildcard routes like regular routes since that part is also handled by solid-app-router. I was about to make a PR for that but I'm now thinking there needs to be a bigger change to consolidate how routing works.

EDIT: Thought a bit more about it. This would require the client knowing all the files in the public directory / all the api routes, which I'm not sure is a good idea. Or not being able to handle 404s client-side without verifying with the server.

EDIT 2: This could probably be handled by some attribute on the <a> indicating that routing should be handled by the server not sure if there is already support for that.

EDIT 3: Just tried it you can add target _self and it will work correctly.

<a class="nav-link" href="./cv.pdf" target="_self">
  CV
</a>

[ryansolid]

@ghalle you are correct. It doesn't make sense for the client router to handle these cases. I believe setting rel="external" or setting target on the link is the easiest way.

We need to get the docs written for this.

[ryansolid]

Now that we changed how the router works and it doesn't hijack every anchor I think this is no longer a problem. You can just do what the OP did and it works.