Jump to a Position on a Web Page with Anchor Tags

When citing web pages in a brief, it may be helpful to bring the reader to a particular location on a long web page that the citation refers to, rather than requiring her to scroll down to the right location. This can be accomplished by adding anchor tags in the URL. An anchor tag is a particular tag inserted after the URL and a hash tag. So for example, if you cite to this web page for Canada's Access to Information Act:

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/A-1/FullText.html

. . . but want to bring the reader to a particular section in the Act, you can use this URL:

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/A-1/FullText.html#s-90.08

The reader will be taken to the same web page, but the browser will automatically go down to section 90.08. In order to find the tag you need for a particular point on the web page, in Chrome, right click and select 'View Page Source'. Look for a reference to id= . The text enclosed in quotes after this reference will be the tag that you need.

Reducing RAM Usage by Switching Browsers

If you're doing data intensive work online, and your PC is stretching the amount of available RAM, consider switching web browsers. The amount of RAM taken up for online work can vary significantly depending on which web browser you use. An online test discussed by Marshall Honorof here, shows that when numerous tabs are open, Microsoft Edge will use considerably less memory than Chrome or Firefox. See this chart:

Use Javascript to Get a List of All URLs

Matt Jennings has posted Javascript here, which you can use to generate a list of all of the URLs on a web page. Here's how you can execute this code in Chrome:

var urls = document.getElementsByTagName('a');

for (url in urls) {

console.log ( urls[url].href );

}

1. With the web page in question, press F12 to open the Console for Chrome. Click on the 'forbidden circle' in the tool bar to clear the console:

2. Enter the script in the console, and press ENTER.

3. A list of the URLs on the web page will be created.