React router with basename and webpack initial url

Question

Hello i am stuck with this one and couldnt figure it out. So i have React router v6 with basename - "/ui/" , and i want that when i open localhost:8080 that it automatically turns into "localhost:8080/ui/" because the real view is actually rendered in /ui/ route.

Router setup:

<BrowserRouter basename="/ui/">
       ...routes here
    </BrowserRouter>

Webpack dev:

module.exports = {
    mode: 'development',
    devtool: 'cheap-module-source-map',
    devServer: {
        hot: true,
        historyApiFallback: true,
        open: true,
        port: 6969
    }
}

And common webpack:

module.exports = {
    entry: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', './src/index.tsx'),
    resolve: {
        extensions: ['.tsx', '.ts', '.js'],
    },
    module: {
        rules: [
            {
                test: /\.(ts|js)x?$/,
                exclude: /node_modules/,
                use: [
                    {
                        loader: 'babel-loader',
                    },
                ],
            },
            {
                test: /\.css$/,
                use: ['style-loader', 'css-loader'],
            },
            {
                test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
                use: [
                    // Creates `style` nodes from JS strings
                    "style-loader",
                    // Translates CSS into CommonJS
                    "css-loader",
                    // Compiles Sass to CSS
                    "sass-loader"
                ]
            },
            {
                test: /\.(?:ico|gif|png|jpg|jpeg)$/i,
                type: 'asset/resource',
            },
            {
                test: /\.(woff(2)?|eot|ttf|otf|svg|)$/,
                type: 'asset/inline',
            },
        ],
    },
    output: {
        path: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', './build'),
        filename: 'bundle.js',
    },
    plugins: [
        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
            template: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', './src/public/ui/index.html'),
        }),
    ],
    stats: 'errors-only',

}

I have tried to add to output publicPath: '/ui/' but it didnt work. Or even something like this:

static: [
            {
                publicPath: '/',
                directory: path.join(__dirname, "../public/ui/"),
            }]

How i can achieve this withouth "redirecting" :\

Answer 1

Try this solution

<Route exact path="/">
  <Redirect to="/home" />
</Route>

Answer 2

Check your main.js or similar in your src or sources. Mine had:

const Root = () => (
  <Provider store={store}>
    <Router history={history}>
      <Route path="/" component={App}>
        {appRoute}
      </Route>
    </Router>
  </Provider>
);

and so just had to move it to Route path="/ui/" component={App}