wouldn't it be nice if the URL was like a React bound input?

examples/basic/index.js

@@ -13,16 +13,18 @@ import { devTools } from 'redux-devtools';
 import { DevTools, DebugPanel, LogMonitor } from 'redux-devtools/lib/react';
 import createHistory from 'history/lib/createBrowserHistory';
 
-@connect(state => ({ routerState: state.router }))
+@connect(state => ({ rs: state.router }))
 class App extends Component {
   render() {
+    const {rs} = this.props;
     const links = [
       '/',
       '/parent?foo=bar',
       '/parent/child?bar=baz',
-      '/parent/child/123?baz=foo'
+      '/parent/child/123?baz=foo',
+      '/parent/child/123?oldbaz=bar',
     ].map(l =>
-      <p>
+      <p key={l}>
         <Link to={l}>{l}</Link>
       </p>
     );
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@ class App extends Component {
         <h1>App Container</h1>
         {links}
         {this.props.children}
+        <ul>
+        {Object.keys(rs).map(key=><li key={key}>{key}: {JSON.stringify(rs[key])}</li>)}
+        </ul>
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -48,11 +53,26 @@ class Parent extends Component {
   }
 }
 
+@connect(state => ({ baz: state.app.baz, childId: state.app.childId }))
 class Child extends Component {
   render() {
+    const {baz, childId} = this.props;
     return (
       <div>
         <h2>Child</h2>
+        <p>baz: {baz}{childId && `, childId: ${childId}`}</p>
+
+        <p>These buttons do not send router actions, oldbaz gets replaced by baz, the rest is ignored</p>
+
+        <p>Note that count is persistent even when going
+        back: <button onClick={() =>
+           this.props.dispatch({type: 'clicked'})
+        }>counter</button></p>
+
+        <p>Note that clientId moves to a new
+        page: <button onClick={() =>
+           this.props.dispatch({type: 'next'})
+        }>next child</button></p>
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -68,6 +88,29 @@ const routes = (
 );
 
 const reducer = combineReducers({
+  app: (state={baz: 'initial', showParent: true, showChild: false, childId: 123, count: 0}, action) => {
+    switch (action.type) {
+      case '@@reduxReactRouter/routerDidChange':
+        // Some arbitrary conversion of url to state
+        // It would be good to convert url by default to /[prefix]/[main]/[sub]/[subsub]/[restArray]?[queryObj]#[hash]
+        const q = action.payload.location.query;
+        const [nil, main, sub, subsub] = action.payload.location.pathname.split(/\/+/);
+        const showParent = main === 'parent';
+        const showChild = showParent ? sub === 'child' : state.showChild;
+        const childId = showChild ? subsub && +subsub : state.showChild;
+        return {
+          ...state,
+          baz: q.baz || q.oldbaz || state.baz,
+          showParent, showChild, childId
+        };
+      case 'clicked':
+        return {...state, count: state.count + 1};
+      case 'next':
+        return {...state, childId: state.childId > 0 ? state.childId + 1 : 1};
+      default:
+        return state;
+    }
+  },
   router: routerStateReducer
 });
 
@@ -79,6 +122,37 @@ const store = compose(
   devTools()
 )(createStore)(reducer);
 
+// this is the mirror image of the reducer above, there should be some helpers
+// maybe a model describing what each section of the url is named and which parameters
+// are exportable and/or importable
+// then an url compressor could be used without the app caring
+store.subscribe(() => {
+  const {app} = store.getState();
+  let url;
+  if (app.showParent) {
+    if (app.showChild) {
+      if (app.childId >= 0) {
+        url = '/parent/child/' + app.childId;
+      } else {
+        url = '/parent/child';
+      }
+    } else {
+      url = '/parent';
+    }
+  } else {
+    url = '/';
+  }
+  const query = `?baz=${app.baz}&count=${app.count}`;
+
+  if (window.location.pathname !== url) {
+    console.log('pushing url', window.location.pathname, url, window.location.search, query);
+    window.history.pushState({}, window.document.title, url + query);
+  } else if (window.location.search !== query) {
+    console.log('replacing url', window.location.pathname, url, window.location.search, query);
+    window.history.replaceState({}, window.document.title, url + query);
+  }
+});
+
 class Root extends Component {
   render() {
     return (