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 to the new hash.)

Approach #1:

window.location.hash = "#" + newhash; 

Only scrolls to this anchor without reloading the page.

Approach #2:

window.location.hash = "#" + newhash; window.location.reload(true); 

Kinda works but it first scrolls to the anchor, then reloads the page, then scrolls to the anchor again.

Approach #3:

window.location.href = window.location.pathname + window.location.search + "&random=" + Math.round(Math.random()*100000) + "#" + newhash; 

Works but I would rather not add random garbage to the url.

Is there a better solution?

Answer 1

Remove the anchor you're going to navigate to, then use approach #2? Since there's no anchor, setting the hash shouldn't scroll the page.