UriHelper cannot be used to navigate to non-Blazor URIs in server-side

[rynowak]

Repro

Create a new server-side Blazor app (with auth).

Try to use IUriHelper.NavigateTo("Identity/Account/Login") (make a button).

It will go to the Not Found page instead of doing an actual navigation. However, making an <a href> with the same URL will navigate to the login page.

Using preview 6

[pranavkm]

Does the Router have a NotFoundContent set? We specifically choose to show you the NotFoundContent if the navigation was started programatically (via NavigateTo) and the route that could not be addressed.

The pivot here is that NavigateTo is meant for navigating within the component route-space. You could use NavigateTo("...", force) to force a browser redirect without the router being involved.

[rynowak]

Ah sorry. I'm a blazor noob. Thanks for the help.