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Posted by Hashim Warren
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Hashim Warren
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 1,207 Points

One page, URL changes during scrolling- how does this work?

Check this out: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/15/homeland-finale-shocker-the-showtime-series-says-goodbye-to-a-key-character.html

When I scroll past the first article the URL changes when the second article loads. It's a seamless experience.

But how does it work?

What technique are they using to make the URL change when you get further down the page?

1 Answer

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

It doesn't use JavaScript it's actually an HTML5 API history.pushState()

There's a tutorial on Changing the browser-URL without refreshing page

Here's the MDN page on Manipulating the browser history