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Handout Links

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Is there a way to make a Journal Handout open and scroll down to a specific header? Use Case: I have journal handouts that detail all the abilities of a homebrew class. I want to create links at the top of the journal handout (like an index of special abilities) that will then cause the journal handout to scroll down to that special ability. I know I *could* put the text of that special ability into it's own journal handout and link to that, but would prefer to have everything related to that class be in a single journal handout. I've got thousands of journal entries in my campaign, and having this many makes it a bit unwieldy to find needed information in a timely matter. More ideally would be to have a Custom Compendium that I could put all my homebrew material in, but that's been on the Roll20 "list of stuff to do" for so long, I'm pretty sure that project's been abandoned and won't ever be coming out. I've seriously thought about switching to Foundry VTT because they have this kind of feature baked in, but right now moving all my homebrew content over would take FAR too work, and that's what's kept me from migrating... so far... I've gotten a link to a header thanks to a "copy header link" button in the handout, and made a Link to it, but after saving the journal handout, clicking the link does nothing. I've also put the header link in a different journal handout, and while it opens the handout, it does not scroll down to the relevant section. If a Dev wants to look at what I have for a better understanding of what I'm trying to do, it's in my Adventures in D'nal campaign. The Journal Handout is Character Options > 2. Classes > Justicar. Within there is the Class Progression table with a link to "Aura of Law", which is within the same handout (but does not scroll down to that section). Within the Players > .Brian H. > Meepo, Dragonrider Details journal handout, there is a link to the same Justicar / Aura of Law header. This does open the Justicar handout, but at the top, not the relevant section.
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keithcurtis
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HI Adam! This is supposed to be possible with the advent of Map Pins. As you note, you can click the copy URL for a header and receive a link that goes to that spot in the handout (similar to how you can do this by clicking the go to link button on a linked map pin). The problem is that it has yet to be enabled. It is my understanding that this should be available at some point (otherwise the button makes no sense), but there has been no announcement yet.  Your best bet is to post this question in the Map Pin announcement thread (where it should be seen by a dev, since that thread is dev-curated. You might be able to get an answer there. The other option is to go with a  Help Center Request . I too have been looking forward to this feature being finished, as the existing button doesn't really do anything useful.