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change-hash-without-scrolling.js
// Change window.location.hash without scrolling the page, even in IE
// by renaming the element's id temporarily
function changeHashWithoutScrolling(hash) {
const id = hash.replace(/^.*#/, '')
const elem = document.getElementById(id)
elem.id = `${id}-tmp`
window.location.hash = hash
elem.id = id
}
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You saved me ;)

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sunny commented Dec 23, 2020

Glad it could help! I've just updated the code to use ES6.

@andrii-marushchak
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change getElementBy to getElementById

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sunny commented Sep 12, 2021

Woops. Thanks for the heads-up, it’s now updated.

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