javascript: completely remove top.location.hash?

Question

If I have already a hash in my addressbar like e.g. domain.com#whatever and I call:

top.location.hash = "";

the #wathever is transformed into domain.com# without anything.

Is it possible to completely remove the hash? So there is no # left.

Because if I call top.location.hash = ""; the page jumps to it's top, because a # is passed to the url. I want to prevent that.

without reloading the page? I'd say no – Guillaume86 Mar 21 '11 at 20:59 — Guillaume86, Mar 21 '11 at 20:59

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 28 '12 at 22:13

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it's possible with history.pushState, e.g.:

history.pushState({}, '', './');

Of course it's IE<10 incompatible, but works for me :-)

answered Nov 28 '12 at 22:13

Dziad Borowy

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 21 '11 at 20:59

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top.location = ''

should do that, but it will cause a page reload. I don't think there's any way to remove it programmatically.

answered Mar 21 '11 at 20:59

ok, is it possible then to just set it "#" but don't make the page jump to it's top? I wouldn't mind if there is a # left in the url. I just don't want my site to jumpt to the top. – matt Mar 21 '11 at 21:04
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2295845/remove-hash-without-page-jump should answer your question. – Johan Mar 21 '11 at 21:34

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 21 '11 at 20:58

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window.location = window.location.href.replace( /#.*/, "");

answered Mar 21 '11 at 20:58

Peter Olson

This will do the trick but I don't think OP wants the page to reload. – Ruan Mendes Mar 21 '11 at 20:59

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 21 '11 at 21:00

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Unfortunately there is no way to reliably do so without causing the page to refresh, in which case you could use the location.href property.

answered Mar 21 '11 at 21:00

Zikes

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