How to change url as a string in a var on a click?

Question

I have this url:

http://www.example.com/xchanges/?sfid=422&_sft_category=vodafone

And It should become:

http://www.example.com/xchanges/

On a click I am trying:

$('.filter').on( 'click', 'a', function( event ) {
  event.preventDefault();
  window.location.hash = "http://www.example.com/xchanges/";
});

But it doesn't change the URL

Is the event listener triggered? Try adding an `alert` or something to check it. — Oriol, Jan 18 '15 at 23:31
yes I am looking at that answer, the issue was with my confusion with the meaning of HASH and URL, which might created a duplicate — rob.m, Jan 18 '15 at 23:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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The hash is meant to be a string, like this comments hash is 28015985 (the full URL being How to change url as a string in a var on a click?).

Take a look at the following jsfiddle. It sets the hash to #somehash, then prints the current hash.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

Community

answered Jan 18 '15 at 23:30

dotty

"*The hash is meant to be a string*". Yes, and `"http://www.example.com/xchanges/"` is a string. – Oriol Jan 18 '15 at 23:32
ok ash was a typo in the question title. – rob.m Jan 18 '15 at 23:32
exactly @Oriol thanks and I don't understand why my address isn't changing – rob.m Jan 18 '15 at 23:32
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So you want the hash to be `http://www.example.com/xchanges/`? So the full url to be `mydomain.com/mypage.html#http://www.example.com/xchanges/` – dotty Jan 18 '15 at 23:33
i need to only change the address with no other action needed. No page changes, no refresh, just the change of the address – rob.m Jan 18 '15 at 23:34
to http://www.example.com/xchanges/ - I did set up a string in my code which said it – rob.m Jan 18 '15 at 23:35
So you don't actually want to change the hash? Just the URL? – dotty Jan 18 '15 at 23:36
@rob.m So, do you want to replace all the URL? Or just the hash (the part after `#`)? – Oriol Jan 18 '15 at 23:36
yes exactly, what is the diff between hash and url? thought that what ash was, the url. Sight* – rob.m Jan 18 '15 at 23:36
The hash is the `#myhash` part of a URL, the URL is the full thing (including the hash). – dotty Jan 18 '15 at 23:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '15 at 23:33

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You mean you want something like this: http://jsfiddle.net/s8mv41b0/

$('.filter').on( 'click', 'a', function( event ) {
 event.preventDefault();
 window.open("http://www.example.com/xchanges/","_self");
});

answered Jan 18 '15 at 23:33

Michelangelo

that is changing, refreshing, the page. I simply want to change the url with no action – rob.m Jan 18 '15 at 23:33
Hmmm, ok then I think you must use AJAX for that. I am not an expert yet when it comes to AJAX. – Michelangelo Jan 18 '15 at 23:35

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