How to prevent navigation through Backbone.js anchors?

Question

backbone.js

In the address bar, the value changes, in the console the link is displayed correctly, but the transition does not occur
. Here is my attempt:

$(document).on('click', 'a[href^="#"]', function (e) {
            e.preventDefault();
            var link = this.hash.substr(1);
            console.log(link);
            Backbone.history.navigate(link);
        });

here are the routes

routes: {
                '': 'viewData',
                'collections': 'viewCollections',
                'databases': 'databases'
            }

Answer 1

1. you need to call the navigate method on the router
2. pass trigger: true in the parameters
router.navigate(link, {trigger: true});