{"id":314,"date":"2020-03-17T10:06:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T08:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=314"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:23:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:23:26","slug":"menu-anchor-widget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/menu-anchor-widget\/","title":{"rendered":"Menu Anchor widget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How to Use the Menu Anchor Widget in Elementor\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nnOxYEtdZkQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Menu Anchor widget allows you to create a page with internal smooth scrolling navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Content<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anchor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Drag the <em>Menu Anchor<\/em> widget to the top of the area you want the link to scroll to<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Give the anchor a name. 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