Can I update window.location.hash without having the web page scroll?

Question

To change the hash without having the page reload/scroll, you can now simply use html5 history.pushState.

history.pushState(null,null,'#hashexample');

It’s supported by all the major browsers:

http://caniuse.com/history

MDN:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/API/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history#The_pushState().C2.A0method

Also note that the last url parameter we’re using here can be any url, so it’s not limited to hashes.