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js windows.location.replace not working with a hash in URL

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Did you try with:

window.location.hash = ''; //if you want to reload with an empty hash
window.location.reload(true); //reload the page and bypass the cache

We use a single web page for our web app, and some functionality(change in currency, language,...) could trigger a reload.

If you want to prevent some re-post you can use a cookie to prevent the server doing double work.

Mic 2010-09-24 20:38:38

I'm trying to do something similar. Not one web page, but I'm trying to condense the app I'm writing in only a few pages. It's exactly the same things (currency, language, a log in) that will trigger a reload of the page. However, if I destroy the hash I risk that the user ends up looking a completely different page as the hashes, at the moment, play in important role in de layout (jquery tools tabs history).

Peter 2010-09-27 06:19:45

Pressed, enter to quickly, what I wanted to add is, that I don't know how to use a cookie to prevent a re-post and the re-post alert but I'll look into that, thanks for the tip!

Peter 2010-09-27 06:22:41

If you don't use `window.location.hash = ''` the hash key remains when you reload.

Mic 2010-09-27 09:59:11

Hey Mic, sorry for the slow response, been working on some other stuff. Anyway, but what if I need the hash to stay in place? I currently solved it by using jQuery UI tabs with cookie history instead of hash based history. Which is not a solution at all, only a work around. The problem will pop up again later on in the project for sure.

Peter 2010-10-08 15:11:25

And forgot to mention, even if I follow the proposed code, with a hash in the URL, it still doesn't do the reload. Anyways, thanks for the help!

Peter 2010-10-08 15:14:26

The natural pattern, is if you use a hash, you don't reload the page, just hide and show some `DIV`. May be late for your project, but that could workaround your problem, as there wouldn't be reloads anymore. Good luck.

Mic 2010-10-08 19:05:34

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