[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57308: Nav menu on Mobile remains open after clicking on an anchor link

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#57308: Nav menu on Mobile remains open after clicking on an anchor link
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 Reporter:  nickpagz                             |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
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Component:  Menus                                |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-testing has-testing-info       |     Focuses:
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Comment (by nickpagz):

 @costdev I've been able to narrow down the issue to the format of the link
 used.

 If you simply use `#news` as your link, then all works fine. However, the
 link doesn't work if you're on a different page. Clicking it reloads the
 same page as the link is relative to the current page. So this really only
 works for single-page sites.

 Using `/#news` will get you back to the homepage and the correct anchor.
 However, clicking on the link from the homepage causes the menu overlay to
 remain open.

 Using an absolute url will work if you omit `https://` (since it defaults
 to http) or use `http://`. Http works presumably because of the redirect
 to https, which causes a page reload which closes the menu overlay.

 I'm not sure of the implications of having the links set to http from an
 SEO perspective, but a redirect and page reload seems less than ideal if
 you're already on the page. It seems like the best approach at the moment
 is an absolute url with an http protocol or omitting the protocol
 altogether is the only solution that works, as far as I can tell.

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