Difference between revisions of "Anchors - Mediawiki"

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It is possible to link to a specific portion of a page.

Setting anchors

Automatic anchors

Section headings automatically act as anchors, with the heading text as the "anchor_name". In the case of multiple sections with identical headings, the anchor name of each has "_2", "_3", etc. appended, starting from the second occurrence.

Manual anchors

Manually-set anchors are useful for linking to "unlinkable" things like a table (title or cell), a section of plain text, etc. There are a number of ways to set an anchor at an arbitrary position:

On some wikis, a template called "anchor" exists, providing a simple, standardized method for that wiki.

Generic anchor: <span id="anchor_name">some text</span>. For a hidden anchor, omit the text.

The reserved name [[#top]] always links to the top of a page.

Referencing anchors

Inside a regular wiki link [[page#anchor_name|shows_as]], include the hash sign (#) and the header name or the id tag name as you have written it.

Links of the form [[#anchor_name]] will link to the first anchor on the page matching that "anchor_name", usually the first identical section heading.

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 * The reserved name <code><nowiki>[[#top]]</nowiki></code> always links to the [[#top|top of a page]].
-===Index-style anchors===
-If anchor names have multiple components, it is useful to put the most significant component first, e.g. if anchors indicate months or dates, we could have the format YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD, or in a year page MM-DD  (see also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date#Big_endian_forms.2C_starting_with_the_year]), with leading zeros (see also [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Date_formatting_and_linking#Link_to_date_content_other_than_required_for_autoformatting]). This applies also for page names, but since these are highly visible, as opposed to anchors, other considerations play a role too. In the case of sections, if for link targets another naming scheme is desired than for display of section headings, explicitly put anchors instead of using section names.
 ==Referencing anchors==