[thelist] Automatically scroll down to anchor
Christian Heilmann
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Wed Feb 2 18:53:02 CST 2005
Christian Heilmann wrote:
> bernardo escalona wrote:
>
>> Hello web gurus,
>>
>> Can someone show me by example how to force a page to scroll down to
>> a specific part of the page (anchor) as soon as the page is loaded?
>>
>> Im inserting a short javascript like this:
>> window.location="#foo"
>> but its not working quite right.
>>
>> Will appreciate any pointers.
>
>
> You need to use location.hash:
> http://www.susqu.edu/webcentral/javascript/js5.cfm
>
>
Which is for javascript only, normally it is enough to add the hash to
the url as explained by Michael. The hash method will fail on browsers
without Javascript, you could use a backend script aswell, checking for
a # in the current location and adding it if needed.
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