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

You could also use HTML5 history.pushState() to change hash without reloading page in Chrome. Something like this:

// frameset hash change function
function changeHash(win, hash) {
    if(history.pushState) {
        win.history.replaceState(null, win.document.title, '#'+hash);
    } else {
        win.location.hash = hash;
    }
}

In the first argument you need to pass frameset top window.