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

Maybe prevent the default behavior and make the jump to the hash with javascript?

$("a").click(function(event) {
  $("html,body").scrollTop($(this.hash)[0].offsetTop)
  event.preventDefault();
});