Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Linking Within a Document

By default, when you link to a page, the browser displays the top of that page. You may also link to a particular point in a web page (called a fragment).

Linking to document fragments is most often used as a navigational aid by creating a hyperlinked table of contents at the top of a very long scrolling web page. Users can see the major topics at a glance and quickly get to the portions that interest them. When linking down into a long page, it is generally a good idea to add links back to the top of the page or to the table of contents. You can also link to fragments in other documents (as long as they have been named).

Linking to specific destinations in a document is a two-step process in which you give an identifying name to an element and then make a link to that marker.