Rails: Anchor option and link_to

Question

I have a link_to method in Rails

link_to("feedback", meetings_url(:anchor => "sometext"))

=> The above code produces:

<a href="/p/meeting/?scroll_to=sometext">feedback</a>

I thought anchor was supposed to prepend a hash paramter, something like this:

/p/meeting/#sometext

This isn't the normal Rails behavior, you should check if some gem or plugin is replacing the standard `link_to` helper. — Nicolas Buduroi, Aug 14 '11 at 04:48
yes yes.. You are right. I have a gem which overrides the default behavior — Manjunath Manoharan, Aug 14 '11 at 05:57

score 44 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 24 '20 at 15:46

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I just tried in the console and I get the expected #anchor

include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
# => Object
default_url_options[:host] = "localhost"
# => "localhost"
profiles_url(:anchor => "moo")
# => "http://localhost/profiles#moo"

What version of rails are you using? Do yo maybe have a gem or plugin that is overriding your link_to helper? You could create an empty rails app, and try the above test to see if something else is causing it.

edited Jul 24 '20 at 15:46

Sebastián Palma

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answered Aug 14 '11 at 04:45

Jake Dempsey

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Well said Jake.. I figured it out. There is some gem overriding my url helpers. !!! – Manjunath Manoharan Aug 14 '11 at 05:57

Rails: Anchor option and link_to

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