Setting location.hash in frames

Question

I am using ajax to update the location of a page in a frame. But when setting the location of the hash (on Chrome and some versions of IE (5.5) specifically, but occasionally on

Answer 1

Webkit (and by extension, Chrome) behave strangely with location.hash. There are a few open bugs about it, the most relevant is probably this one: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24578 that documents your problem of having the page refresh when location.hash is changed. It looks like your best option right now is to cross your fingers and hope that it gets promptly fixed.

I can't reproduce the bug in IE7 though, and you're the first person in ages I've seen that supports IE5.5 so I can't really help you there ;)