3 files changed, 75 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/phpBB/assets/javascript/core.js b/phpBB/assets/javascript/core.js
index f461d5a175..ae8583ddbf 100644
--- a/phpBB/assets/javascript/core.js
+++ b/phpBB/assets/javascript/core.js
@@ -694,6 +694,74 @@ $('#phpbb').click(function(e) {
 	}
 });
 
+phpbb.history = {};
+
+/**
+* Check whether a method in the native history object is supported.
+*
+* @param string fn	Method name.
+* @return bool Returns true if the method is supported.
+*/
+phpbb.history.isSupported = function(fn) {
+	if (typeof history === 'undefined' || typeof history[fn] === 'undefined') {
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+};
+
+/**
+* Wrapper for the pushState and replaceState methods of the
+* native history object.
+*
+* @param string mode	Mode. Either push or replace.
+* @param string url	New URL.
+* @param string title Optional page title.
+* @patam object obj	Optional state object.
+*
+* @return undefined
+*/
+phpbb.history.alterUrl = function(mode, url, title, obj) {
+	var fn = mode + 'State';
+
+	if (!url || !phpbb.history.isSupported(fn)) {
+		return;
+	}
+	if (!title) {
+		title = document.title;
+	}
+	if (!obj) {
+		obj = null;
+	}
+
+	history[fn](obj, title, url);
+};
+
+/**
+* Wrapper for the native history.replaceState method.
+*
+* @param string url	New URL.
+* @param string title Optional page title.
+* @patam object obj	Optional state object.
+*
+* @return undefined
+*/
+phpbb.history.replaceUrl = function(url, title, obj) {
+	phpbb.history.alterUrl('replace', url, title, obj);
+};
+
+/**
+* Wrapper for the native history.pushState method.
+*
+* @param string url	New URL.
+* @param string title Optional page title.
+* @patam object obj	Optional state object.
+*
+* @return undefined
+*/
+phpbb.history.pushUrl = function(url, title, obj) {
+	phpbb.history.alterUrl('push', url, title, obj);
+};
+
 /**
 * Hide the optgroups that are not the selected timezone
 *
@@ -1444,6 +1512,10 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	$('#color_palette_placeholder').each(function() {
 		phpbb.registerPalette($(this));
 	});
+
+	// Update browser history URL to point to specific post in viewtopic.php
+	// when using view=unread#unread link.
+	phpbb.history.replaceUrl($('#unread[data-url]').data('url'));
 });
 
 })(jQuery); // Avoid conflicts with other libraries
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_body.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_body.html
index 1e5700ba69..17c73b82f4 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_body.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_body.html
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 
 <!-- BEGIN postrow -->
 	<!-- EVENT viewtopic_body_postrow_post_before -->
-	<!-- IF postrow.S_FIRST_UNREAD --><a id="unread"></a><!-- ENDIF -->
+	<!-- IF postrow.S_FIRST_UNREAD --><a id="unread" data-url="{postrow.U_MINI_POST}"></a><!-- ENDIF -->
 	<div id="p{postrow.POST_ID}" class="post <!-- IF postrow.S_ROW_COUNT is odd -->bg1<!-- ELSE -->bg2<!-- ENDIF --><!-- IF postrow.S_UNREAD_POST --> unreadpost<!-- ENDIF --><!-- IF postrow.S_POST_REPORTED --> reported<!-- ENDIF --><!-- IF postrow.S_POST_DELETED --> deleted<!-- ENDIF --><!-- IF postrow.S_ONLINE and not postrow.S_POST_HIDDEN --> online<!-- ENDIF --><!-- IF postrow.POSTER_WARNINGS --> warned<!-- ENDIF -->">
 		<div class="inner">
 
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/viewtopic_body.html b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/viewtopic_body.html
index 862c1a4d0b..0c7900076b 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/viewtopic_body.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/viewtopic_body.html
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 
 	<!-- IF postrow.S_POST_HIDDEN -->
 			<td class="gensmall" colspan="2" height="25" align="center">
-				<!-- IF postrow.S_FIRST_UNREAD --><a name="unread"></a><!-- ENDIF -->
+				<!-- IF postrow.S_FIRST_UNREAD --><a id="unread" data-url="{postrow.U_MINI_POST}"></a><!-- ENDIF -->
 				<a name="p{postrow.POST_ID}"></a>
 				<!-- IF postrow.S_POST_HIDDEN -->
 					<!-- IF postrow.S_POST_DELETED -->
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 	<!-- ELSE -->
 
 			<td align="center" valign="middle">
-				<!-- IF postrow.S_FIRST_UNREAD --><a name="unread"></a><!-- ENDIF --><a name="p{postrow.POST_ID}"></a>
+				<!-- IF postrow.S_FIRST_UNREAD --><a id="unread" data-url="{postrow.U_MINI_POST}"></a><!-- ENDIF --><a name="p{postrow.POST_ID}"></a>
 				<b class="postauthor"<!-- IF postrow.POST_AUTHOR_COLOUR --> style="color: {postrow.POST_AUTHOR_COLOUR}"<!-- ENDIF -->>{postrow.POST_AUTHOR}</b>
 			</td>
 			<td width="100%" height="25">