# Intra-post permalink **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [February 3, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880 "2017-02-03T20:30:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![jmsachs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jmsachs/32/107682_2.png) [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/1 "2017-02-03T20:30:22Z")

Is there any way to have an intra-post permalink with only a URL hash? In other words, if I want to link to reply #3, can I do that? The regular permalink is a full URL, and if I add that, then it requires a page reload. Since it’s the same page, is there any way to link to a reply with only a URL hash? - [example of full URL link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/3) * * * test: [quote=“elijah, post:4, topic:56880”]well the `[quote]` syntax works, but it creates an inline quote, I just want a link.[/quote] ---

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test reply 2… ---

**Author:** ![elijah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elijah/32/104055_2.png) [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/4 "2017-02-03T20:37:15Z")

Are you asking for something like the link you get with ```plaintext [quote="USER, post:N, topic:M, full:true"] ``` ? You could possibly add just stub quotes. > [@jmsachs](#): > ---

**Author:** ![jmsachs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jmsachs/32/107682_2.png) [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/5 "2017-02-03T20:58:59Z")

[quote=“elijah, post:4, topic:56880”] > [@USER](#): > Sort of, but I just want to make it into a link that ends up as a URL fragment (intra-page link). See my “example of full URL link” in the original post. ---

**Author:** ![elijah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elijah/32/104055_2.png) [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/6 "2017-02-03T23:05:01Z")

Off-hand I don’t think that is doable, but it makes it clear what you want. ---

**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/7 "2017-02-03T23:09:51Z")

Incorrect, it only requires a page reload if the target post is not currently loaded. @eviltrout can confirm. ---

**Author:** ![jmsachs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jmsachs/32/107682_2.png) [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/8 "2017-02-06T15:16:33Z")

> [@codinghorror](#): > > Incorrect, it only requires a page reload if the target post is not currently loaded. odd, we have a Discourse server at our company and if I use full URL links, it does cause a page reload. If a page with URL A links to a page with URL B, how can it avoid a page reload? It seems to work correctly on this page (I still don’t understand how), but maybe that’s just a really fast operation that appears seamless to me. ---

**Author:** ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/9 "2017-02-06T15:25:34Z")

> [@jmsachs](#): > > If a page with URL A links to a page with URL B, how can it avoid a page reload? It seems to work correctly on this page (I still don’t understand how) The JavaScript doing that magic 🙂 > [@jmsachs](#): > > we have a Discourse server at our company and if I use full URL links, it does cause a page reload. It may behaved like that because of some other reason. Can you please try again? ---

**Author:** ![jmsachs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jmsachs/32/107682_2.png) [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/10 "2017-02-06T15:26:49Z")

> [@vinothkannans](#): > > The JavaScript doing that magic 🙂 Please no citations of “magic”; if you know how it works, please let me know. I’m inspecting the link and I see no onclick handler, if something is going on, it is very subtle and I don’t understand. I guess it must be some evil Ember magic [Preventing and Retrying Transitions - Routing - Ember Guides](https://guides.emberjs.com/v1.10.0/routing/preventing-and-retrying-transitions/) ---

**Author:** ![jmsachs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jmsachs/32/107682_2.png) [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/11 "2017-02-06T15:31:57Z")

> [@vinothkannans](#): > > It may behaved like that because of some other reason. Can you please try again? I did try again, it is still doing a page reload, which again, is the behavior I would expect. Both our company’s Discourse instance and this Discourse instance appear to be using 1.8.0.beta4, although different git hashes: this page: `` our server: `` ---

**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/12 "2017-02-06T15:34:42Z")

Have you tried adding a space before the link? [Intra-post permalink - #3 by jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/3) ---

**Author:** ![jmsachs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jmsachs/32/107682_2.png) [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/13 "2017-02-06T15:42:03Z")

> [@zogstrip](#): > > Have you tried adding a space before the link? Adding a space where? ---

**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/14 "2017-02-06T15:45:24Z")

> [@jmsachs](#): > > Adding a space where? > [@zogstrip](#): > > adding a space **before the link** When it’s on it’s own line, adding a space before the link will prevent it from being oneboxed. * * * ``` https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/3 ``` renders as > [@Intra-post permalink](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/3): > > test reply 2… whereas ``` https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/3 ``` renders as [Intra-post permalink - #3 by jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/3) ---

**Author:** ![jmsachs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jmsachs/32/107682_2.png) [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/15 "2017-02-06T15:49:49Z")

oh, I see, that explains what “oneboxed” means and why it occurs. Yes, if I put a link all by itself it does that, but if I do something like ``` [link](http://myserver/t/test-test-test-test-is-a-test-test-argh/343/3) ``` then it displays properly, but the “magic” page reload interception logic doesn’t work, I get a normal page reload to the URL [http://myserver/t/test-test-test-test-is-a-test-test-argh/343/3](http://myserver/t/test-test-test-test-is-a-test-test-argh/343/3) The only difference I can see is that our server is http:// (inside company firewall + noncritical server, so it’s much less of a concern) rather than https:// – could this be the difference? ---

**Author:** ![blake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/blake/32/157322_2.png) [@blake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blake)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/16 "2017-02-06T15:51:39Z")

> [@jmsachs](#): > > The only difference I can see is that our server is http:// (inside company firewall + noncritical server, so it’s much less of a concern) rather than https:// – could this be the difference? yes, switching between http and https could be causing the page reloads. ---

**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/17 "2017-02-06T15:52:09Z")

> [@jmsachs](#): > > The only difference I can see is that our server is http:// (inside company firewall + noncritical server, so it’s much less of a concern) rather than https:// – could this be the difference? The scheme should have no impact **unless** you have your instance misconfigured (ie. have it think it should use `https` but there still are links using `http`). ---

**Author:** ![jmsachs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jmsachs/32/107682_2.png) [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/18 "2017-02-06T15:52:09Z")

no, I’m not _switching_ between http:// and https:// – our server is http:// and the links are http:// ---

**Author:** ![jmsachs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jmsachs/32/107682_2.png) [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/19 "2017-02-06T15:52:55Z")

> [@zogstrip](#): > > The scheme should have no impact unless you have your instance misconfigured (ie. have it think it should use https but there still are links using http). Is there a way I can troubleshoot this? I have admin privileges, I just have no clue what to look for. ---

**Author:** ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880/20 "2017-02-06T15:57:53Z")

I can’t understand why it is happening like that. Can you please share a screencast? You may hide your sensitive details. [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/intra-post-permalink/56880.md?page=2)