BackToAnchor

An Alternative to link_to :back that also allows the anchor to be passed along with the URL.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'back_to_anchor'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install back_to_anchor

Usage

First, pass the named anchor as a param to the new page from old page:

Old Page: https://example.org/old-page

New Page: https://example.org/new-page?to_anchor=div_id_123

And then, just add this line to new page to redirect users to old page with anchor:

= link_to 'Go back to previous page with anchor', :back_to_anchor

Which in turn would generate the following URL: https://example.org/old-page#div_id_123

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ar31an/back_to_anchor. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the BackToAnchor project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.