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Asked: 2026-05-18T08:37:55+00:00

I have been using hashes to pass data between pages (like setting scrollTop() ,

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I have been using hashes to pass data between pages (like setting scrollTop(), etc.) and have also used the hashChange event to trigger changes on a given page.

However, hashes have default behaviors that I’m not necessarily interested in, like making the page jump to a given (sometimes insignificant) spot.

I feel like getting/setting a query string would be more logical, but:

  1. Is it?

  2. Is there an event I can listen for when the query string is set?

  3. Are there query-string-related behaviors I should know about?

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  1. Editorial Team
    1. It is illogical to reinvent anchor behaviour. It is better to not expose hash links to insignificant fragments (although modern browsers are doing scrollIntoView() for any element with id, there is a dedicated behaviour for <a name="xxx">). So, answer is yes here, page arguments should be passed via querystring.
    2. Event is window.beforeunload, yes, page reload when javascript:void(location.search='some') has been set
    3. There are no surprises, have a look

    Also, on working with querystring: http://xkr.us/js/querystring

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