@ionic/react-router 8.8.1-dev.11774029927.130994f5 → 8.8.1-dev.11774273905.1c3b9598

package/dist/index.js

@@ -3090,9 +3090,9 @@ const IonRouter = ({ children, registerHistoryListener }) => {
      * @param routeAnimation A custom animation builder to override the
      * default "back" animation.
      */
-    const handleNavigateBack = (defaultHref = '/', routeAnimation) => {
+    const handleNavigateBack = (defaultHref, routeAnimation) => {
         const config = getConfig();
-        defaultHref = defaultHref ? defaultHref : config && config.get('backButtonDefaultHref');
+        defaultHref = defaultHref !== null && defaultHref !== void 0 ? defaultHref : (config && config.get('backButtonDefaultHref'));
         const routeInfo = locationHistory.current.current();
         // It's a linear navigation.
         if (routeInfo && routeInfo.pushedByRoute) {
@@ -3131,18 +3131,19 @@ const IonRouter = ({ children, registerHistoryListener }) => {
                  * the history stack.
                  */
             }
-            else {
+            else if (defaultHref) {
                 handleNavigate(defaultHref, 'pop', 'back', routeAnimation);
             }
             /**
              * No `pushedByRoute` (e.g., initial page load or tab root).
-             * Tabs with no back history should not navigate.
+             * Navigate to defaultHref so the back button works on direct
+             * deep-link loads (e.g., loading /tab1/child directly).
+             * Only navigate when defaultHref is explicitly set. The core
+             * back-button component hides itself when no defaultHref is
+             * provided, so a click here means the user set one intentionally.
              */
         }
-        else {
-            if (routeInfo && routeInfo.tab) {
-                return;
-            }
+        else if (defaultHref) {
             handleNavigate(defaultHref, 'pop', 'back', routeAnimation);
         }
     };