Modify the URL without reloading the page

Is there any way I can modify the URL of the current page without reloading the page?
I would like to access the portion before the # hash if possible.
I only need to change the portion after the domain, so its not like I'm violating cross-domain policies.
 window.location.href = "www.mysite.com/page2.php";  // sadly this reloads



Answer:

This can now be done in Chrome, Safari, FF4+, and IE10pp4+!
Example:
 function processAjaxData(response, urlPath){
     document.getElementById("content").innerHTML = response.html;
     document.title = response.pageTitle;
     window.history.pushState({"html":response.html,"pageTitle":response.pageTitle},"", urlPath);
 }
You can then use window.onpopstate to detect the back/forward button navigation:
window.onpopstate = function(e){
    if(e.state){
        document.getElementById("content").innerHTML = e.state.html;
        document.title = e.state.pageTitle;
    }
};
For a more in-depth look at manipulating browser history see this MDN article.


http://stackoverflow.com/questions/824349/modify-the-url-without-reloading-the-page

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