In Javascript (jquery), is there a way to detect when the page anchor changes?

Question

Basically, I want to have links throughout the page that change the anchor -- the part of the URL after a # symbol. When that part of the URL changes, the JavaScript should respond.

I could add an onclick method to every link, but is there a better way?

Answer 1

That's not an anchor, it's the hash?

$(window).on('hashchange', function() {
    alert('My fracking hash changed to : '+document.location.hash);
});

Answer 2

$(window).bind('hashchange', function() {
  // code here
});

think that should do it