Why do page anchors sometimes miss?

Question

On an HTML page, a link like this:

Location on Page

...should navigate to this spot on the

Answer 1

JS Solution

Run this function on document ready.

 function goToAnchor() { 
    hash = document.location.hash;
    if (hash !="") {
        setTimeout(function() {
            if (location.hash) {
                window.scrollTo(0, 0);
                window.location.href = hash;
            }
        }, 1);
    }
    else {
        return false;
    }
}