preventing scroll down on hash changes or a click

Asked Dec 18 '12 at 18:00

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Modifying document.location.hash without page scrolling

How to prevent scrolling down the page to the hashtag when the hash has changed? I tried the following method:

$("#button_bar a").click(function(event) {
    event.preventDefault(); //This was to prevent the hash scroll down behavior

    window.location.hash = this.hash; //This makes scroll down to the hash again

    $(window).hashchange( function(){ //this recognizes if the hash has changed
        recognizeHashTag();  //this identifies the hashtag and fires an ajax call
    });
});

The problem is when I quote window.location.hash = this.hash, it does not do anything. And when it is unquoted the hash behavior comes back again. If someone has an idea thanks a lot.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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asked Dec 18 '12 at 18:00

Alfonso Fernandez-Ocampo

yes that's not exactly a scroll. The hash is placed in the middle of the page and when the hash changes the page jumps to that point. – Alfonso Fernandez-Ocampo Dec 18 '12 at 18:03
Have you tried sticking a return false at the end? – Ben Dec 18 '12 at 18:44
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Have you looked at this [question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1489624/modifying-document-location-hash-without-page-scrolling)? – Blake Plumb Dec 18 '12 at 18:44

preventing scroll down on hash changes or a click

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