Re: Anchors in current file...

Dave_Raggett (dsr@hplb.hpl.hp.com)
Thu, 15 Jul 93 18:22:28 BST


David Martland comments on XMosaic:

>I'm not sure if it's a bug or a feature :-), but if the anchor is of the form

> <a href=#label>

> then the link won't be recorded the window history and Back will not go
> back to the anchor, but if it is of the form

> <a href=[regular URL stuff]#label>

> then it will be added to the history list and Back will work as you had
> wanted it to

My browser used to work this way, but I decided it was a definite BUG, e.g
its a real pain if the document took a long time to download, and you
hit Back and its gone! All links now go onto the history stack.

Dave Raggett