How to scroll HTML page to given anchor?

Question

I’d like to make the browser to scroll the page to a given anchor, just by using JavaScript.

I have specified a name or id attribute in my

Answer 1

Most answers are unnecessarily complicated.

If you just want to jump to the target element, you don't need JavaScript:

# the link:
Click here to jump.

# target element:
Any kind of element.

If you want to scroll to the target animatedly, please refer to @Shahil's answer.