Update Browser's URL Without Reloading The Page

Is it possible to change the URL shown in the browser's address bar without having the browser go to that page? Such as, for example, after updating a page's content via an AJAX ca

Solution 1:

This is possible in modern browsers by using the HTML5 History API:

history.pushState(null, null, '/some-path')

See https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history#The_pushState%28%29.c2.a0method

This works in Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari (not IE).

Solution 2:

also you can use Jquery history plugin. This will give support to html4 browsers as well.

Here is an article talking about it: http://veerasundaravel.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/change-browser-url-with-reloading-the-page-jquery-html5/

here is another question that gives more options: jQuery History Plugin