Difference between revisions of "Anchors - Mediawiki"

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Anchors allow you 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.

Using the {{anchor}} template

set your anchor anywhere in the page by using

{{anchor|anchorname}}

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:

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.

On some wikis, a template called "anchor" exists, providing a simple, standardized method for that wiki. The Self Study wiki does use Template:Anchor.

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.

See also

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Link#Anchors

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-It is possible to link to a specific portion of a page.
+__NOTOC__
-==Setting anchors==
+<div class="container-fluid">
-* Headers automatically become html anchors, which can be linked to.
+<div class="row">
-* The <a> tag is not allowed in Mediawiki, so we can't do the <a name="link here">, but we can do the "id" html attribute to almost any existing tag. For example, <nowiki><div id="what_to_link_to">text</div></nowiki> or <nowiki><div id="what_to_link_to"/>text</nowiki>.
+<div class="col-md-8">
+<div class="lead">
+Anchors allow you to link to a specific portion of a page.
+</div>
-===Automatic anchors===
+===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===
+====Using the <nowiki>{{anchor}}</nowiki> template====
-Manually-set anchors are useful for linking to "unlinkable" things like a table (title or cell), a section of plain text, etc.  For example, in the [[#Wiki-link Tricks|Wikilink Tricks & Demos table]] above, though the "Wikilink Tricks & Demos" title-text appears like a (minor) heading, it is not, and the otherwise perfectly normal wikilink <code><nowiki>[[#Wikilink Tricks & Demos]]</nowiki></code> will not work.
+#set your anchor anywhere in the page by using
+<pre>{{anchor|anchorname}}</pre>
+====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, e.g. {{links-small|template|anchor}} and {{links-small|w|template|anchor}}, providing a simple, standardized method for that wiki.
 * Generic anchor: <code><nowiki><span id="anchor_name">some text</span></nowiki></code>.  For a hidden anchor, omit the text.
-* Manual HTML headings (discouraged): <code><nowiki><h2>How to Edit</h2></nowiki></code>.  Text is anchor_name.<!-- demo of this code creates useless entry in TOC -->
 * The reserved name <code><nowiki>[[#top]]</nowiki></code> always links to the [[#top|top of a page]].
+* On some wikis, a [[Templates - Mediawiki|template]] called "anchor" exists, providing a simple, standardized method for that wiki. The Self Study wiki does use [[Template:Anchor]].
-===Index-style anchors===
+===Referencing 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. This is applied in [[w:Portal:Current events/DateHeader2]], where the use in links of the names of explicitly put anchors is enforced by using pseudo sections, with displayed headings that cannot be used as anchors.
+Inside a regular wiki link <nowiki>[[page#anchor_name|shows_as]]</nowiki>, include the hash sign (#) and the header name or the id tag name as you have written it.
-==Referencing anchors==
+Links of the form <code><nowiki>[[#anchor_name]]</nowiki></code> will link to the first anchor on the page matching that "anchor_name", usually the first identical section heading.
-Inside a regular wiki link <nowiki>[[page#anchor_name|shown_up_as]]</nowiki>, include the hash sign (#) and the header name or the id tag name as you have written it.
-==Linking to a position in an external page==
+;See also
-The HTML source of the target page needs to have <a name=..> or <.. id=..> at the target item as anchor to link to. Thus linking to a position in an external page for which this is not the case yet, one needs control over the target page, or cooperation of one who has.
+*http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Link#Anchors
-===Linking to anchors===
-Links of the form <code><nowiki>[[#anchor_name]]</nowiki></code> will link to the first anchor on the page matching that "anchor_name", usually the first identical section heading.
-An #anchor_name can also be appended to the page name in any type of link, thus linking to the first identical section heading (or anchor) of the '''named''' page:
 {{Template:Anchor}}
+<!-- end col-md-8 -->
+</div>
+<div class="col-md-1"></div>
+<div class="col-md-3 sidebar">
+{{GetHelp}}
+<!-- end col-md-3-->
+</div>
+<!-- end row-->
+</div>
+<!-- end container-->
+</div>
+<!-- Generator=Template:TwoColumn -->
+__NOTOC__
+__NOEDITSECTION__
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