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Firefox@lemmy.world : Prevent websites from changing URLs while scrolling? (like on Discourse for instance) (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.world
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I want URLs of a page to stay the same no matter where I scroll, including on Discourse where stopping at a certain comment changes the url to that comment's number. Scroll this page to see: https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-url-change-as-you-scroll/55302

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[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

And SPAs, probably. I can't imagine anything that relies on React Router to work after this change.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Definitely not.

If I wasn't on mobile, I would write up a more comprehensive fix. Probably something along the lines of:

  • Store the original functions.
  • Attach a scroll listener to window.
  • Stub the functions when the window is scrolled.
  • Set/reset a timeout for 100ms, and put them back after it fires.
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