Loads views with ajax. - Generating links with special addresses - Creating menu item with ajax page callback - Writing ajax callback with Drupal Ajax functions - Loading view with contextual filters (from url) - Replace view with Drupal Ajax functions

custom.module.php

function custom_menu() {

    $items = array();
    
    $items['ajax/custom_module/custom_action/%/%'] = array(
        'title' => 'Title',
        'delivery callback' => 'ajax_deliver', // important here!
        'page callback' => 'custom_module__pagecallback',
        'page arguments' => array(3,4), // index starts with zero
        'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
        'access callback' => TRUE
    );

   return $items;
}

function custom_module__pagecallback($argument_from_url, $js_status) {

    drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('module', 'a2') . '/a2_proto.js');

    $path = 'relative_url_of_the_view/' . $SOME_ID_FROM_ARGS;

    if ($js_status == 'nojs') {
        drupal_goto($path);
    }

    $commands = array();

    $view = views_get_view('NAME_OF_THE_VIEW');
    $view->set_display('page');
    $view->set_arguments(array($argument_from_url));
    $view->pre_execute();
    $view->execute();
    $result = $view->render();

    $commands[] = ajax_command_html('JQUERY_SELECTOR_TO_TARGET', $result);
    
    $active_id = '.WRAPPER a.active';
    $new_id = '.WRAPPER a.object-' . $SOME_ID_FROM_ARGS;
    
    $commands[] = ajax_command_invoke($active_id, 'removeClass', array('active'));
    $commands[] = ajax_command_invoke($new_id, 'addClass', array('active'));

    if ($alias = drupal_lookup_path('alias', $path)) {
        $url = $alias;
    } else {
        $url = $path;
    }
    
    $commands[] = array(
        'command' => 'ta_history',
        'url' => '/' . $url
    );

    return array('#type' => 'ajax', '#commands' => $commands);
}

custom_proto.js

(function($) {
    Drupal.ajax.prototype.commands.custom_history = function(ajax, response, status) {
        history.pushState(null, null, response.url);
    }
}(jQuery));

info.md

Settings in Views

Adding contextual filter

• Create new contextual filter with "Default value is provided".
• Turn on "Use AJAX"

page.tpl.php

<a href="ajax/path/args/nojs" class="use-ajax object-[id]"></a>