How to force a page to reload if all what was changed in url is hash?

Question

I am trying to reload current page with different url hash, but it doesn\'t work as expected.

(Clarification how I want it to work: Reload the page and then scroll t

Answer 1

It should be expected that #foo will scroll to the anchor of the id, "foo". If you want to use approach #1 and have it reload, this approach might work.

if (Object.defineProperty && Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor) { // ES5
    var hashDescriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(location, "hash"),
    hashSetter = hashDescriptor.set;
    hashDescriptor.set = function (hash) {
        hashSetter.call(location, hash);
        location.reload(true);
    };
    Object.defineProperty(location, "hash", hashDescriptor);
} else if (location.__lookupSetter__ && location.__defineSetter__) { // JS
    var hashSetter = location.__lookupSetter__("hash");
    location.__defineSetter__("hash", function (hash) {
        hashSetter.call(location, hash);
        location.reload(true)
    });
}