Modern SharePoint page not showing link icon for page anchor

Question

Hi all,

When I try to add a page anchor in a Text web part, I do not see the 'link' icon (which also gives us the URL to the section) after I publish the page. I have added text, selected a heading of the text and then selected heading 1 from the drop down. I have then saved the changes and published the page and exited editing mode. However, when I select the heading or hover my mouse around the heading, I do not see the 'link' icon which ideally should appear. Is there anything I am not doing or any feature that I need to enable or anything that I am missing? Please advice.

Answer 1

@Vivek S
I can reproduce it in my SharePoint 2019. In the SharePoint 2019, when I add Heading1 style text in the text web part, the page anchor does not appear. But in the SharePoint Online, text web part can display page anchor.

There’s a great possibility that in the SharePoint 2019, by design, there is no page anchor feature in the text web part.

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Answer 2

Hi all,

I am sorry for bumping this thread. But I am having the exact same problem and after spending quite some time yesterday trying to find a solution; I still haven't found one. But I also haven't found anyone else with this problem except on this page.

I want to create an anchor link but Sharepoint isn't displaying the hyperlink. I tried several browsers, several heading types but nothing works.
How can I find a workaround for this? Because I really want to use this feature. I hope someone can help me out. I am new to Sharepoint. Version I am working on is 2019.

Answer 3

Hello,

I have a same question, no anchors for SP 2019?
Did someone find a solution?

Thanks!

Answer 4

I was having the same issue.
After creating the headers and Publishing the page, I went to Site Contents and opened the Page from there and the links then appeared.

Answer 5

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/598724/sharepoint-is-not-showing-link-icon-for-page-ancho This walk through worked for me.