NextJs - Link to scroll to a section in same page

Question

I'm using NextJs. I would like to create a link in my header section. This link should take the user to TestimonialsSection on the same page by scrolling.

        <Link href={"#TestimonialsSection"}>
          <a className={styles.Designation}>Mentor</a>
        </Link>

This is the code I tried, but it didn't work. The URL changes though. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

In vanilla HTML you'd do something like this

<a href="#first-section">My first section</a>
<a href="#second-section">My second section</a>

<div id="first-seciton">SECTION 1</div>
<main id="second-section">SECTION 2</main>

In NextJS you'd so something similar. Instead of using the anchor tag for linking, you'd use the Link components.

<Link href="#first-section"><a>My first section</a></Link>
<Link href="#second-section"><a>My second section</a></Link>

<div id="first-seciton">SECTION 1</div>
<main id="second-section">SECTION 2</main>

This would work just fine. However, if you want your starting URL to be www.my-site.com/#second-section, you would need to set the Link component's scroll prop to false. Ex:

...
<Link href="#second-section" scroll={false}><a>My second section</a></Link>
...

Make sure your sections/divs ie the target elements have the ID attribute set to them properly without the # and the corresponding anchor links have the # prefixed to ID name

Here's the official NextJS documentation https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/next/link

Hope this resolves your issue.

Answer 2

If it's just a static string you should remove the braces as ????? says above.

If you're making a reusable component where you need to specify the ID from a parent, use a template string and keep the braces.

<Link href={`#${props.id}`}>
  <a className={styles.Designation}>Mentor</a>
</Link>

Answer 3

Try to use Link tag and in URL add #some-link and then in Link tag href with href='#some-link'

www.google.com/#some-link

<Link href='#some-link'>
    // code section
</Link>