I'm trying to open a Bootstrap Modal while changing the URL displayed in the browser's navigation bar. The user is not actually going to a different page, however when the Modal is open the URL will be different. Facebook does this with their URLS when you open photos, pinterest when you open pins, instagram, etc. What's the trick?

Thanks! (basic skills here)

I'm trying to open a Bootstrap Modal while changing the URL displayed in the browser's navigation bar. The user is not actually going to a different page, however when the Modal is open the URL will be different. Facebook does this with their URLS when you open photos, pinterest when you open pins, instagram, etc. What's the trick?

Thanks! (basic skills here)

• javascript
• jquery
• twitter-bootstrap

• 1 possible duplicate of Change the URL in the browser without loading the new page using JavaScript – Dennis C Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 4:34

1 Answer 1

You want to take a look at HTML5 pushState(). Check out this article.http://diveintohtml5.info/history.html