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 use the following on a few sites, NO PAGE JUMPS!

Nice clean address bar for HTML5 friendly browsers, and just a # for older browsers.

$('#logo a').click(function(e){
    window.location.hash = ''; // for older browsers, leaves a # behind
    history.pushState('', document.title, window.location.pathname); // nice and clean
    e.preventDefault(); // no page reload
});