Editing Eurovision Wiki:Village pump (technical) (section)

== Trouble linking to sections at [[Rhoticity in English]] ==

The link {{section link|Rhoticity in English#/ɔː/–/ɔr/ merger}} (meant to be the target of [[Caught-court merger]]) takes me to [[Rhoticity in English#/oʊ/–/ʊər/ merger|/oʊ/–/ʊər/ merger]] instead. ''That'' link takes me to [[Rhoticity in English#Effect of non-rhotic dialects on orthography|Effect of non-rhotic dialects on orthography]], the link to which sends me straight to the references section. If this isn't apparent for you, try using these section links with the legacy Vector skin on a maximized Firefox window on Windows 10 on a 1920x1080p monitor, if all of those are available to you. – [[User:MrPersonHumanGuy|MrPersonHumanGuy]] ([[User talk:MrPersonHumanGuy|talk]]) 20:03, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
:{{ping|MrPersonHumanGuy}} The page jumps around for me very quickly and ends in the right place but it can vary by browser and circumstances. It's a common issue when there is collapsible content earlier in the page. The browser first jumps to where the anchor (section heading) is positioned at the time but then collapses or uncollapses something earlier in the page so it should no longer be the same distance from the top. The browser may or may not adjust the position after this. [[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]] ([[User talk:PrimeHunter|talk]]) 20:32, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
:Seconding PrimeHunter. I believe this is entirely because of the collapsed tables within the article-sections above those link-targets. I.e. The links ''initially'' scroll to the correct place, but then the tables collapse afterwards [IIUC, this is because of how JavaScript runs after the browser has completed the HTML rendering?] which means the content gets moved. I think we probably need some kind of clearer warnings/explanations within [[MOS:DONTHIDE]] about this? I wrote a related essay years ago at [[mw:User:Quiddity/Collapsing and hiding]] that might be useful if anyone wants to document it formally (or improve/adapt the essay). HTH. [[User:Quiddity|Quiddity]] ([[User talk:Quiddity|talk]]) 20:34, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
::If you click in the address bar and press enter then your browser probably jumps to the right place. It jumps to the section again and this time the collapsing is done. [[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]] ([[User talk:PrimeHunter|talk]]) 21:34, 13 March 2026 (UTC)