Using anchor link in such scenario helps to navigate quickly over the mobile web page. However, it can't said that the use of anchor link is common in mobile based web design. But, I know that anchor links helps users to get connected on same web page of the site.
- Do anchor tags work on mobile?
- Do anchor links work on mobile email?
- Should you use anchor links?
- Are anchor links good UX?
Do anchor tags work on mobile?
Index pages with anchor links to the various sections of the index are a very common website setup nowadays. Unfortunately the anchor links do not work correctly on mobile. In my case, when clicking an anchor link doesn't close the menu and scroll to the correct section. My idea of solution is to add a click event.
Do anchor links work on mobile email?
Many email clients no longer support anchor links and anchor links, in general, do not work on mobile email clients. The video below goes into more details about why you shouldn't use anchor links in your emails.
Should you use anchor links?
When to use anchor links? Anchor links are only interesting on longer pages. Pages where not all sub-headings are visible without scrolling in the most used resolutions. Just to be clear: anchor links are best used on end pages or detail pages.
Are anchor links good UX?
Anchor links help in improving the user interface (UI), or user experience(UX) of the website. It helps the visitors to skip that part of your website which they might not be interested in without scrolling through all the sections of your page to reach the particular part.