Change url when manually scrolled to an anchor?

Question

By Default, if I have anchors in my website, then the URL on the address bar is changed, when I click on a link (ie. www.mysite.com/#anchor)

Is it possible to change the URL in the address bar instantly when I scroll to an anchor? Or have a long document with multiple anchors and the url changes on address bar, when I hit a new anchor?

Answer 1

Try using this jquery plugin: Scrollorama. It has tons of cool features and you can use window.location.hash to update your browsers hash.

Alternatively, you can add a "scroll" event to check when an anchor is reached.

Here is a working fiddle to illustrate the event: http://jsfiddle.net/gugahoi/2ZjWP/8/ Example:

$(function () {     var currentHash = "#initial_hash"     $(document).scroll(function () {         $('.anchor_tags').each(function () {             var top = window.pageYOffset;             var distance = top - $(this).offset().top;             var hash = $(this).attr('href');             // 30 is an arbitrary padding choice,              // if you want a precise check then use distance===0             if (distance < 30 && distance > -30 && currentHash != hash) {                 window.location.hash = (hash);                 currentHash = hash;             }         });     }); }); 

Answer 2

you can use HTML 5 pushstate to change the URL in the address bar

window.history.pushstate

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1. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history
2. How can I use window.history.pushState 'safely'