Simple HTML internal link question

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Simple HTML internal link question

Weired, simple HTML stuff didn't work as expected. On page 1, a Railo script named page1.cfm, it has the following line: <a href="page2.html#part2">Go To Page 2, Part 2</a> so, we expect the link would bring the user to the page2.html page's Part 2 section and yes this section and the internal link tag exists on page2.html.

But tested with Firefox 3.6.x, the link simply goes to the page2.html instead of the pag2.html's Part 2 section. How come?

What am I missing here?

Thanks.

It might be simply a question of page-length, the view port can only scroll to have #part2 section if the page can scroll.

David Thomas 2010-09-05 13:06:38

Thanks for two responses.

Don Don 2010-09-05 15:26:21

@David Thomas, the page1.cfm was opened from a javascript even trigger and not a full window, then, the page2.html located on the same window would share the same window properties. So, it looks like that's the culprit. How could we fix it? The page1.cfm page has to be opened via javascript call. Thanks.

Don Don 2010-09-05 15:29:02

If it was pure xhtml and css I could offer help, but sadly I know next-to-nothing about `cfm`. I'm assuming it's a version of Coldfusion? If you add the relevant generating program to your tags you might get more specific and *useful* help.

David Thomas 2010-09-05 15:54:27

David, IE7 and Chrome 5 works fine but FF v3.6.8 has the problem probably it's FF's bug... further thoughts? Thanks.

Don Don 2010-09-05 16:41:55

What happens if you look at the page in Firebug, or with the Web Developer toolbar? Is the page valid, does it have a Doctype, are there any JS errors reported?

David Thomas 2010-09-05 17:22:33

There might be some issue with lower/uppercase, if the whole DOM is evaluated a duplicate entry named "part2" might lead to a similar error (check name-attribute as well as id). To get a better understanding of the problem, the exact code would be needed.

MaoPU 2010-09-05 13:09:10

MaoPU, not case issue.

Don Don 2010-09-05 18:09:51

Ich checked for my other ideas "name vs. id" (jumps to the first mentioned id) and "many ids" (jumps to the first occurence). Neither one of them show similar issues like you mentioned. A piece of code would be very helpful to further investigate.

MaoPU 2010-09-06 17:28:17

It would be helpful if you were able to post a small section of code that demonstrates the problem. Outside of that, there's a few general things you can try:

Try to see if you can reproduce the bug that you're currently experiencing in FF with just straight HTML & Javascript. (I'm going to guess - 'No')
Try to reproduce the bug using the smallest possible test case with your .CFM files.
Check any/all of your Javascript with JSLint.
Check FireFox's Bugzilla for any known .cfm issues.

Often, just starting to isolate the issue can highlight little unseen problems that allow you to solve it quickly. If the bug persists, let us know, and we can go from there....

Cheers.

S.Jones 2010-09-05 17:14:42

oh, it's possible that the fact that the html code is well formed could be the culprit.

Don Don 2010-09-05 18:07:46

continued, the code looks like: <p><a href="page2.html#part2">Go to Page 2 Part 2</a></p>, and that's it. No header or anything else. I'll try to add standard "header" etc. HTML code when boot up that box, thanks.

Don Don 2010-09-05 18:09:25

@Don Were you able to correct the formatting issues, and test again?

S.Jones 2010-09-08 21:47:19

@S Jones, thanks for asking, I opted to a workaround, that is, detect browser first, if FF then, not to use EXT window for the second page.

Don Don 2010-09-09 18:38:46

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