location.hash question

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Hi,

Here is my relevant code for an arbitrary page (let's call it PAGE_B):
<body onload="window.location.hash='anchor';">

With this code, if the user goes from PAGE_A to PAGE_B, he will jump to
PAGE_B#anchor after PAGE_B has fully loaded. BUT... if he clicks the
back button, instead of returning to PAGE_A (which is what I want), he
will return to PAGE_B (without the anchor).

Is there any way to change this behavior... perhaps to replace the
anchor of page without touching the history stack?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
David

Jul 23 '05 #1

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Hi,

Here is my relevant code for an arbitrary page (let's call it PAGE_B):
<body onload="window.location.hash='anchor';">

With this code, if the user goes from PAGE_A to PAGE_B, he will jump
to
PAGE_B#anchor after PAGE_B has fully loaded. BUT... if he clicks the
back button, instead of returning to PAGE_A (which is what I want), he
will return to PAGE_B (without the anchor).

Is there any way to change this behavior... perhaps to replace the
anchor of page without touching the history stack?

window.location.replace(window.location.href + '#the_hash');

Depending on your requirements, you may need something more
sophisticated, such as:

window.location.replace(
window.location.href +
(window.location.search ? window.location.search : '') +
'#the_hash'
);

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Grant Wagner <gw*****@agricoreunited.com>
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Jul 23 '05 #2

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