$location should not intercept #links (in html4 mode)

[vojtajina]

So that clicking on hash link navigates to anchor, even if the url did not changed (hash was already set to the value).
Or maybe even better, $anchorScroll might intercept the links as well (as well as watching location).
(that might work even on old browsers, where hashbang urls are used).

[IgorMinar]

I think you meant html5 mode and not html4.

[jeffbcross]

Plunkr reproducing the issue: http://plnkr.co/edit/5VtAKKwqRBHkPL4L7aPc?p=preview

Clicking on anchor should just go to the text at the bottom of the page, but it is also routed to the /anchor route, despite html5mode being set to true.

[carlosrymer]

+1, I've had a case where in the controller I have to check $location.hash to see if anything is there and then programmatically scroll the user to the location of interest.

[caitp]

There's a PR for this, here's a working demo http://plnkr.co/edit/WVPYzaXOKujcb5vSbvJz?p=preview

It's not perfect (it only works for relative hash fragment links), but it's a good start

[IgorMinar]

this appears fixed in rc.2: http://plnkr.co/edit/wRUtn9MxeYUczVfkgc46?p=preview

[IgorMinar]

@caitp can you please verify that plunker is doing the right thing and close this?

[caitp]

http://plnkr.co/edit/1X7PLVAHSO7QK1zutsou?p=preview slightly updated to ensure location is instantiated --- yeah looks fixed. I think this was fixed by 2294880