Internal page links (i.e. anchors) on Home page do not work.

Description:

Server Setup Information:

• Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 0.59.3
• Operating System: Linux (Ubuntu)
• Deployment Method(snap/docker/tar/etc): snap
• Number of Running Instances: 1
• DB Replicaset Oplog: ??
• Node Version: v4.8.4

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create an internal anchor in the home page, e.g. <a name="here"></a>, as well as a link to that anchor somewhere else, e.g. <a href="#here">Go there</a>
2. Click on the link

Expected behavior:

Page should load at url: example.com/home#here, which displays at the point of the anchor

Actual behavior:

Instead it tries to load example.com/#here, which just redirects back to example.com/here, rendering the anchor useless.

Relevant logs:

No log messages generated from this action on either browser or server.

Workaround

I found a workaround, which is to modify the link to be , but this should not be necessary according to HTML standards.

Reproduce the anchor-link behavior on the Home page using the steps in the issue, and compare the expected and actual URLs. Trace how internal links and the Home page route are handled, then verify that an anchor such as #here stays on the Home page and scrolls to the anchor without the workaround.