Change hash without triggering a hashchange event

Question

I\'m using the hash to load content dynamically. To make the back button work I am capturing hash changes. However sometimes I need to change the hash without triggering the has

Answer 1

You could use history.replaceState and append the hash, to replace the current URI without triggering the hashchange event:

var newHash = 'test';

history.replaceState(null, null, document.location.pathname + '#' + newHash);

JSFiddle example