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Used a more direct cross reference (as user names can change at any time - it actually did change in this case (or was misspelled)).
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Peter Mortensen
Peter Mortensen
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Most answers are unnecessarily complicated.

If you just want to jump to the target element, you don't need JavaScript:

# the link:
<a href="#target">Click here to jump.</a>

# target element:
<div id="target">Any kind of element.</div>

If you want to scroll to the target animatedly, please refer to @Shahil's answer5hahiL's answer.

Most answers are unnecessarily complicated.

If you just want to jump to the target element, you don't need JavaScript:

# the link:
<a href="#target">Click here to jump.</a>

# target element:
<div id="target">Any kind of element.</div>

If you want to scroll to the target animatedly, please refer to @Shahil's answer.

Most answers are unnecessarily complicated.

If you just want to jump to the target element, you don't need JavaScript:

# the link:
<a href="#target">Click here to jump.</a>

# target element:
<div id="target">Any kind of element.</div>

If you want to scroll to the target animatedly, please refer to 5hahiL's answer.

Required prop is ID, not name. Also clarify element type is any.
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2540625
2540625
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Most answers are unnecessarily complicated.

If you just want to jump to the target anchorelement, you don't need javascript at allJavaScript:

# targetthe elementlink:
<a name="target"><href="#target">Click here to jump.</a>

# thetarget linkelement:
<a<div href="#target">Target<id="target">Any kind of element.</a>div>

If you want to scroll to the target animatedly, please refer to @Shahil's answer.

Most answers are unnecessarily complicated.

If you just want to jump to the target anchor, you don't need javascript at all:

# target element:
<a name="target"></a>

# the link
<a href="#target">Target</a>

If you want to scroll to the target animatedly, please refer to @Shahil's answer.

Most answers are unnecessarily complicated.

If you just want to jump to the target element, you don't need JavaScript:

# the link:
<a href="#target">Click here to jump.</a>

# target element:
<div id="target">Any kind of element.</div>

If you want to scroll to the target animatedly, please refer to @Shahil's answer.

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Brian
Brian
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Most answers are unnecessarily complicated.

If you just want to jump to the target anchor, you don't need javascript at all:

# target element:
<a name="target"></a>

# the link
<a href="#target">Target</a>

If you want to scroll to the target animatedly, please refer to @Shahil's answer.