61472 - Back button does not remember position on page for fragment (#) URLs

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 59774

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect, P3)

Description

[Steve Chapel]

For URLs that do not include a fragment (the stuff after the #), the Back,
Forward, and Refresh buttons remember the position on the page, that is, how far
up or down the window has been scrolled. However, if you hit the Back, Forward,
or Refresh buttons to return to a URL that includes a fragment, the fragment
position "overrides" the scrolled position.

Steps to reproduce:
Go to the URL http://www.afu.com/javafaq.html
Click on any of the sections in the table of contents
Scroll up or down on the page
Click on another link
Hit the back button

Actual behavior:
The browser returns you to the top of the section.

Expected behavior:
The browser should return you to the position you had scrolled to when you
clicked on the link.

I haven't seen the expected behavior in at least the last several nightly
builds, up to and including 2000112804.

Comment 1

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

Is this  a regression? Eric Pollmann had one of this for RTM and I thought it
was fixed?

Comment 2

[James Lariviere]

I'm using win2k 11-28-04 and it WFM the way you'd expect.

Clicking on several links goes to the position i'd expect and going back returns
to the same position on the page.

Comment 3

[Casey A. Peel]

looks like a duplicate of bug 59774 which is still open

Comment 4

[Steve Chapel]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 59774 ***

Comment 5

[Diego]

Verified duope of bug 59774: "scroll position not remembered if URL contains
named anchor"