From c49730c1e051b4a4ab0f547eacd66ed88e962560 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manoj Vivek <p.manoj.vivek@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 11:24:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent reloading for same page URL hash change, Fixes #100

---
 desktop-app/app/actions/browser.js | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/desktop-app/app/actions/browser.js b/desktop-app/app/actions/browser.js
index 76445878..d638e669 100644
--- a/desktop-app/app/actions/browser.js
+++ b/desktop-app/app/actions/browser.js
@@ -116,10 +116,28 @@ export function onAddressChange(newURL, force) {
       return;
     }
 
+    const isHashDiff = isHashOnlyChange(newURL, address);
+
+    if (isHashDiff) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     dispatch(newAddress(newURL));
   };
 }
 
+function isHashOnlyChange(newURL, oldURL) {
+  if (!newURL || !oldURL) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  let diff = newURL.replace(oldURL, '').trim();
+  if (diff.startsWith('/')) {
+    diff = diff.substring(1);
+  }
+
+  return diff.startsWith('#');
+}
+
 export function onZoomChange(newLevel) {
   return (dispatch: Dispatch, getState: RootStateType) => {
     const {