Anchor tags from main menu (one-page site)

[zippitybop]

Hi again,

I have another issue -

I'm trying to use anchor links to scroll to sections, but its not working - I have tried this method

and also via the page editor > right click > edit html class and id > id.

In both cases I have added a custom link in the menu with the id #lokaleveranstalter in the url.
Either way, when I click on the menu item it opens a new window to the URL and doesn't scroll to the section. If I enter the full URL with anchor link and press enter whilst the page has already loaded, it teleports to that section.

How can I stop the new tab opening and is there a way to make the transition a little more fluid?

This thread is close to what I want to do, but I'm not sure how to integrate the functionality into the menu items.

Can you help with this?

Cheers,
Darius

[mariusjopen]

Dear @zippitybop
in the first example you showed, there is a jQuery code which you also need to use?
Did you use that?

Best!

Marius

[zippitybop]

HI Marius,

thanks so much for getting back to me. Unfortunately (fortunately?) we decided against a menu all together since the page was so short.

If I get time I will test out what you suggested. But for now the page has gone live without a menu!

Thanks again,
Darius

[mariusjopen]

Dear @zippitybop
sure. no problem.
Have a good day!

Marius

[andsampson]

Hi @mariusjopen ! I am also trying to get a custom link to an anchor on a one-pager to stop opening in a new window. I know I need to get Lay Theme to remove the "target=_blank" part of the created <a> tag, but how do I accomplish this ?

Anchor linking to site sections in the footer works just fine: the transition is smooth and joyful.
Cheers, Andrew

[andsampson]

PS: I have 'Link Target' selected in 'Screen Options', but unchecking the 'Open link in new tab' box is not doing the trick.

PPS: The info@laytheme email isn't working, and I still need my registration key. Posted about this in General Discussion a couple days ago.

Thanks for the help !

[mariusjopen]

Dear @zippitybop
yes. I was able to reproduce this.
The link always opens in a new window.

There is the option to do that with jQuery. But I think that this should work in general.

I will talk with Armin about it.

Best!

Marius

[arminunruh]

In Lay Options disable "Menu links of type "Custom Links" always open in new tab"