Link to page coordinates

Question

Is there a way to link to another page's content using coordinates, without using #anchors? For example, say I want the link to go directly to content that's 1200px down the page. How can I do this? Javascript, server-side magic, anything goes as long as it will work for the average visitor.

Answer 1

You could develop a browser plugin or extension that would allow you do it, for the people who've installed it at least. Otherwise, no.

Answer 2

If you have control of the other website, you could write a javascript that looks at the query string for a parameter (i.e. ?y=1200) and scrolls the page to that position, but I'm guessing you don't have access to the other site?

Answer 3

This can be done with UserJS (Greasemonkey):

http://stackoverflow.com/##scroll-y:1200

But users must install script before.

Answer 4

Store the coords in a hash

e.g. http://example.com/page#123

Then via javascript, scroll the window

window.onload = function(){
  var pos = window.location.hash.substring(1); //get hash & remove #
  window.scroll(0,pos);
};

Answer 5

The browser same origin policy will prevent you from scrolling a frame or iframe displaying content from a different domain. The most reliable method would be to have your server fetch the page and insert the scrolling code.