What I mean is that I want the page to load and immediately scroll to a point half-way down - as if it had been called via http with an internal anchor on the end of the URL.

My latest idea is to put some JavaScript at the bottom of the page thus:

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
self.location.href='#ANCHOR';
//-->
</script>
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and use a regexp to replace "ANCHOR" with "fred".

Early indications are that this works - but - urgh! - JavaScript... A Perlier solution is still sought!

My first reaction: just don't do it. Who are you to say where to scroll my browser? I hate web sites that "take over the driving" from me.

My second reaction: you can do it, at the cost of one redirect. You had the right idea. Print an external redirect that includes an anchor on the first hit, but include a flag so you don't keep looping. On the re-fetch from the browser, generate the appropriate stuff, and put the anchor in the right place.

But please, just don't do it.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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