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user1076082
user1076082

Reputation: 261

window.location.hash - stop reload in chrome

I have the following problem:

$('.gotoservices').click(function(){
    $('html,body').scrollTo($("#services"),1000);
    window.location.hash = "services";
    return false;
});

This code works but for some reason the page flashes before the scrollTo.

If I remove the window.location.hash line the return false; works and the page doesn't flash/flicker.

I have tried e.preventDefault - doesn't work

I'm struggling to find any work around.

Cheers

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3157

Answers (2)

jporcenaluk
jporcenaluk

Reputation: 966

In a generic sense, you can update the URL with HTML5 history without the browser re-rendering anything:

history.pushState(null, null, '#myhash');

Of course, you will likely want to have fallbacks for older browsers, and you might want to do this only after your animation is done.

So, integrated with your code:

$('.gotoservices').click(function(e){
    //Prevent default so the browser doesn't try to do anything
    e.preventDefault();
    var $hash = "#services";
    $('html,body').scrollTo($($hash), 1000, function () {
        //If the browser supports HTML5 history,
        //use that to update the hash in the URL
        if (history.pushState) {
            history.pushState(null, null, $hash);
        }
        //Else use the old-fashioned method to do the same thing,
        //albeit with a flicker of content
        else {
            location.hash = $hash;
        }
    });
});

Upvotes: 2

romo
romo

Reputation: 1990

Why don't you just make a function that specifically scrolls to #services? You're telling your web browser to go to #services and then to scroll to #services. Probably has a conflict with that. If you're trying to update the url to have the hash, then you probably need

$(window).bind('hashchange', function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
});

So that it doesn't try to "go to the hash".

Upvotes: 0

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