Change location.hash and then press Back button - IE behaves differently from other browsers

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I change location.hash - in all browsers this behave properly - the page remains original and changes only URL without reload the page.

Pressing Back button behaves differently in Internet Explorer and other browsers. IE does not change the history location.hash and goes to the previous page. Other browsers only change the URL (change the hash).

Is there any way to force IE browser to behave just like the others?

Possible Dupe of [#4596769](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4596769/problem-with-ie-hash-back-button). (CliffNotes: IE doesn't treat `#hashtags` as separate entries in the history object.) — drudge, Apr 08 '11 at 23:51
thank you @jnpcl, I think [jQuery History Plugin](http://tkyk.github.com/jquery-history-plugin/) will solve my problem — Pavel Hodek, Apr 09 '11 at 00:24
Also see my question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22561975/backbone-history-is-not-updating-in-ie-9-back-button-broken — T Nguyen, Mar 05 '15 at 09:45

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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(Moving my comment here and expanding on it a little.)

There are several other questions regarding the #hashtag history quirks with IE.

Essentially, IE doesn't treat different #hashtags as separate entries in its History object.

The best solution appears to be the jQuery History Plugin.

Note- jquery history is no longer maintained and the former maintainers recommend Jquery hashchange

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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