Hi All, on click of a button I am changing window.location.href i.e. I am adding one query string parameter.This causes the page to be refreshed[as i am changing window.location.href]. I want to know is it possible to stop this page refresh and append the query string in the url?
+7
A:
No. You can change the #hashstring, but changing the query string results in a reload.
Kobi
2010-01-25 08:59:37
thanks for ur help.
Wondering
2010-01-25 09:54:51
+5
A:
Any assignment of new values to the location object from JavaScript will load a new page.
It is possible to change the hash value without refreshing the page but not the query string.
See this thread: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=552076
Ravia
2010-01-25 09:06:48
+2
A:
If you append a #hashstring the page will not reload. In addition, if the user hits the back button on the browser it will remove the #hashstring. The #hashstring can be useful for saving state in the URL bar without causing a reload and can be coupled with ajax calls.
It's important to note that the #hashstring will not be sent to the server and is only visible to the web browser. For example: http://example.com/#blah
Will generate a http request that looks like:
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
The #blah does not get sent down to the server by the browser.
Joseph Kim
2010-01-25 09:57:18
I didn't know browsers don't send the hash to servers. Interesting. +1, and welcome to Stack Overflow.
Kobi
2010-01-25 10:34:29