Users may work around this by sharing screenshots of the relevant portion of the document (preventing the recipient of the content from engaging with the actual web page that hosts the content), or by including extra instructions to scroll to a specific part of the document (e.g. If a section is not linkable by a named anchor or element with id, it is not currently possible to share a link directly to a specific section. When referencing a specific section of a web page, for example as part of sharing that content via email or on social media, it is desirable to be able to link directly to the specific section. The GitHub page is well documented and explains this feature in great detail. I have plenty more to show you! Looks like this is a small project available on GitHub and is being ported to Chrome. “Enables scrolling to text specified in URL’s fragment.” The flag is named “Enable Text Fragment Anchor” Here is the flag description, explaining this feature: Here is how it looks like on Chrome: Scroll to text Chrome Flag You can, however, create a link manually. Google Chrome does not have a menu item or keyboard shortcut to do this yet. Scroll to Text is a new Chrome feature that will let you create a link targeting a word or phrase on a page. The page does not have any anchor links.Įnter Scroll to Text. There is one specific sentence or paragraph that you want your friend to read. Now, imagine you are sharing a link to a web page. For example, if you want your friend to start playing the video at two minutes mark, you can create a link for that specific spot. When you share a YouTube video, you now have an option to create a link that will start the video at a specific spot.