I think he's looking for something more along the lines of IE8's "onhashchange" event[1]. Unfortunately, this is something that, to my knowledge, no other browser implements. [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288209(VS.85).aspx
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Javascript has the built in property location.hash that will return the > value of the anchor along with the # sign. > > > andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of mario > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:09 PM > To: jQuery (English) > Subject: [jQuery] Listen for location anchor change? > > > Hi, > > I was just wondering if there is anyway to listen for changes on the > location bar when a link sets an anchor on the same page. > > Example: > > current location: www.something.com/ > > I click on a link and it takes me to: > > www.something.com/#someanchor > > Is there anyway to listen for this change/event with jquery? > > > -- Aaron Heimlich Web Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED]