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MDN URL
What specific section or headline is this issue about?
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What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
When a URL with a hash containing an element ID is opened in a background tab in Chrome, the page does not scroll to the element with that ID when the tab is brought to the foreground. When the same URL is opened in a foreground tab, the page scrolls correctly.
Steps to reproduce:
- Create a page with a link to an MDN URL with a hash property matching the ID of a valid element, like this URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Object_initializer#examples
- In Chrome, right-click the link and select Open link in new tab. This will open the page in a background tab.
- Open the background tab to bring it to the foreground.
- Note that the page has not scrolled to the element, e.g. the Examples section.
It appears that MDN is using a custom smooth-scrolling feature that does work when a tab is opened in the background. That feature should detect background tabs and possibly wait for the user to open the tab before scrolling.
What did you expect to see?
Pages should scroll to the correct section even when opened in a background tab.
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