Adding Hash parameter in the URL Rails Routes

Question

How to add a hash parameter in link_to. I need to generate a URL something like this..

/p/generate/#sometext

This is how my code looks now.

link_to "Click",my_path

How to add the hash parameter to my routes method.

Now for the answer

I did now. :) .I found the answer.

link_to "Click", my_path(:anchor => "sometext")

M.cypher below almost got it. :)

score 141 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 23 '21 at 15:19

141

This is how you would usually do it:

link_to 'Click', my_path(anchor: 'sometext')

Your routes don't have much to do with it, since the anchor part (#something) is not transferred to the server, it's a pure client-side thing.

edited Aug 23 '21 at 15:19

3limin4t0r

answered Aug 13 '11 at 18:20

M. Cypher

I agree that the hash parameter need not be sent to the server..But the :anchor symbol should be inside the routes method – Manjunath Manoharan Aug 13 '11 at 18:38
If you also want the trailing slash, `/my_path/#sometext` rather than `/my_path#sometext` you also need to add `trailing_slash: true`, but most people should be fine with the current answer. – 3limin4t0r Aug 23 '21 at 15:28

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 04 '13 at 15:38

15

I recognize this is an old post, but I thought I would contribute my recent discovery:

<%= link_to "New Person", polymorphic_path([:new, person], anchor: "profile") %>

See the API Docs for details.

answered Jan 04 '13 at 15:38

David Vezzani

Good find. This is pretty much the most clear way to set params in a nested route helper imho. – k_Dank Mar 11 '13 at 21:02
that seem to make /stuff/preson/id#profile How about getting /stuff/preson/id/#profile ? – Ben Feb 16 '14 at 11:46
Thank you so much. It really helped me a lot. :) – Perfect Jul 26 '18 at 13:55

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