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 …

[quote=“elijah, post:4, topic:56880”] 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.

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

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

[image] 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?…

[image] 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 :slight_smile: [image] jmsachs: we have a Discourse server at our company and if I use…

[image] vinothkannans: The JavaScript doing that magic :slight_smile: 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 so…

[image] 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.bet…

Have you tried adding a space before the link? Intra-post permalink

[image] zogstrip: Have you tried adding a space before the link? Adding a space where?

[image] jmsachs: Adding a space where? [image] 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 [image] Intr…

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vinothkannans (Vinoth Kannan) February 6, 2017, 3:57pm 20

I can’t understand why it is happening like that. Can you please share a screencast? You may hide your sensitive details.

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