jQuery - hashchange event

Question

I am using:

$(window).bind( 'hashchange', function(e) { }); 

to bind a function to the hash change event. This seems to work in IE8, Firefox and Chrome, but not in Safari and I assume not in earlier version of IE. For these browsers, I want to disable my JavaScript code that uses the hash and hashchange event.

Is there a way with jQuery that i can detect if the browser supports the hashchange event? Maybe something with jQuery.support...

Answer 1

You can detect if the browser supports the event by:

if ("onhashchange" in window) {   //... } 

See also:

• Detecting event support without browser sniffing
• Emulating onhashchange without setInterval
• window.onhashchange