How to make the browser back button disregard hash tags?

Question

I have a website that uses hashes to open/close some tabs and layers on the current page. The reason behind using hashes is, that if a user visits another page via a link and th

Answer 1

I've encountered with the same issue as the one you described. I agree with Ivan Ivković's idea. The following is my code and it works for my case. I'm new to JS, but hope it helps.

var counter = 0;
window.onhashchange = function() {
    window.history.replaceState({visited: ++counter}, "visited page", 

window.location.search+window.location.hash);
}

window.onpopstate = function(event) {
    if(event.state.visited && counter>event.state.visited) {
    counter -= 2;
    window.history.go(-1*event.state.visited);
    }
    else {
    counter = event.state.visited;
    }
}