How can I remove the location hash without causing the page to scroll?

Question

Is it possible to remove the hash from window.location without causing the page to jump-scroll to the top? I need to be able to modify the hash without causing

Answer 1

I believe if you just put in a dummy hash it won't scroll as there is no match to scroll to.

No jumping

or

No jumping

"#" by itself is equivalent to "_top" thus causes a scroll to the top of the page