“[removed].hash = location.hash” does not work in Webkit (Safari & Chrome)

Question

I can\'t get window.location.hash = location.hash to work in Safari.

I\'m using javascript to wrap the contents of my page with a scrollable DIV, placed

Answer 1

Set location.hash to something else first and immediately set it back.

var t = window.location.hash;
window.location.hash = "non-existant-id";
window.location.hash = t;