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Location and links behaviour when setting empty hash
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empty-hash-assignment.md
Command (executed in this order) Chrome 72 Firefox 65 Safari 12.0.3 IE11
window.location.hash "" "" "" ""
window.location.href "https://example.com/" "http://example.com/" "http://example.com/" "http://example.com/"
window.location.hash = '#' "#" "#" "#" "#"
window.location.href "https://example.com/" "http://example.com/#" "http://example.com/" "http://example.com/#"
window.location.hash "" "" "" "#"
window.location.hash = '#1' "#1" "#1" "#1" "#1"
window.location.href "https://example.com/#1" "http://example.com/#1" "http://example.com/#1" "http://example.com/#1"
window.location.hash "#1" "#1" "#1" "#1"
a = document.createElement('a') <a></a> <a> <a></a> <a></a>
a.href = 'https://example.com' "https://example.com" "https://example.com" "https://example.com" "https://example.com"
a.hash "" "" "" ""
a.href "https://example.com/" "https://example.com/" "https://example.com/" "https://example.com/"
a.hash = '#' "#" "#" "#" "#"
a.href "https://example.com/" "https://example.com/# "https://example.com/" "https://example.com/#"
a.hash "" "" "" ""
a.hash = '#1' "#1" "#1" "#1" "#1"
a.href "https://example.com/#1" "https://example.com/#1" "https://example.com/#1" "https://example.com/#1"
a.hash "#1" "#1" "#1" "#1"
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muodov commented Mar 8, 2019 •
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Also, location = location.href triggers a reload, but location = location.href + "#" doesn't

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