X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/4f4666c4ae5cdf5e04ac42cc52a97d90e978adb0..5541b06de43c70ca9c23231d175d474789dacd25:/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink/discussion.mdwn diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink/discussion.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink/discussion.mdwn index 0677ff7de..d6df4cbf6 100644 --- a/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink/discussion.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -# Creating an anchor in Markdown +# Creating an [[anchor]] in Markdown -Is it a native Markdown "tag" for creating an anchor? Unfortunately, +Is it a native Markdown "tag" for creating an [[anchor]]? Unfortunately, I haven't any information about it at [Markdown syntax](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax) page. @@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ BTW, ikiwiki doesn't displays the #foo anchor in the example >> Fixed that --[[Joey]] +The 'name' attribute of the 'a' element is a depracated way to create a named anchor. The right way to do that is using the 'id' attribute of any element. This is because an anchor may refer to a complete element rather than some point in the page. + +Standard purity aside, if you define an anchor (using either 'a name' or 'id') to a single point in the document but refer to a complete section, the browser may just show that specific point at the bottom of the page rather than trying to show all the section. +--[[tzafrir]] + --- Considering a hierarchy like `foo/bar/bar`, I had the need to link from the