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charleski · 08-06-2011, 08:35 PM

The 'filepos' is just an example of a fragment identifier. It needs to start with a letter and can't include certain characters, but it's really just a marker that identifies a specific place in a file. The target of the link needs to have an identifier with the same text.

i.e. File1.xhtml:
<p><a href="File2.xhtml#Target">Click here</a></p>

File2.xhtml:
<p id="Target">This is where you end up</p>

You probably don't see any difference in this case because the targets in the table of contents they all point to are all elements on the same displayed page.

08-06-2011, 08:35 PM	#2
charleski Wizard Posts: 1,196 Karma: 1281258 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505	The 'filepos' is just an example of a fragment identifier. It needs to start with a letter and can't include certain characters, but it's really just a marker that identifies a specific place in a file. The target of the link needs to have an identifier with the same text. i.e. File1.xhtml: <p><a href="File2.xhtml#Target">Click here</a></p> File2.xhtml: <p id="Target">This is where you end up</p> You probably don't see any difference in this case because the targets in the table of contents they all point to are all elements on the same displayed page.