Encoding of [removed].hash

Question

Does window.location.hash contain the encoded or decoded representation of the url part?

When I open the same url (http://localhost/something/#%C3

Answer 1

You can use decodeURIComponent, it will return #ü in all cases:

decodeURIComponent('#%C3%BC'); // #ü
decodeURIComponent('#ü'); // #ü

Try it out here.