Create a link to a library from within a page

Question

is it possible to create a link on a page to a library within the same page. So for example, I have a small list of 8 categories on my page, when i click on the first category "Governance" I would like to be taken to the Governance web part (library) on the same page. Am I making my self clear? thanks, Colin

Answer 1

You could solve this with a relative url, so if it's a list you do this:

Lists/MyList

or if it's a library:

mylibrary/

This is the simple solution, and will only work if you are located on the "top" of your SPWeb. If your question was about codebehind (C#) then the URL can be resolved.
The URL can also be resolved with Client Object Model in JavaScript, like this:

var ctx = new SP.ClientContext();
var site = ctx.get_site();
var list = ctx.get_web().get_lists().getByTitle('UrlTest');
ctx.load(list);
ctx.load(site);
ctx.executeQueryAsync(function() {a=site
  console.log(site.get_url(), list.get_defaultViewUrl());
});

here site is not necessary, as list.get_defaultViewUrl() will return a root relative URL (starting from /), but I decided to add it to show how to get absolute URL.