[mathias]

I'm after a way to maintain scrolled vertical position on a page even after clicking a link. For example, on this site there's a list of links, when I click one I don't want to be sent to the top of the next page when it loads, if I'm scrolled 600px down when I hit that link, I want to already be scrolled 600px down when the next page loads.

Is there a way to do this? It's like links that take you to header tags on a page - that changes your vertical scroll does it not? If I can't get a method for this type of function then I'll settle for a kick to the shins.

[pgo]

The only way you can alter how far down a page scrolls is linking to IDs or named anchors.

i.e. <a href="somepage.html#somelocation">Clicky</a>

And on somepage.html:

<something id="somelocation">

OR

<a name="somelocation"></a>

[mathias]

But, then that just positions the very top of the browser at the anchor doesn't it?

[pgo]

Yes. That functionality is intended so that you can link to specific content sections (has nothing to do with scrolling - that just happens to be the UI feature that browsers use).

Sounds like you've got some terrible usability/accessibility ideas brewing...

[mathias]

haha, you can smell it from the east coast can't you!