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

for chrome and safari, you need to use window.location.href to get the hash working rather than window.location.hash

see code below

function loadHash(varHash)
{
  if(varHash != undefined) {
    var strBrowser = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();

    if (strBrowser.indexOf('chrome') > 0 || strBrowser.indexOf('safari') > 0) {
        this.location.href = "#" + varHash;
    }
    else {
        this.window.location.hash = "#" + varHash;
    }
  }
}