Link to tab in other page using link_to in rails 4

Question

How do you link to a different page and activating a tab using link_to from the scaffold generated code.

<%= link_to t('.cancel', :default => t("helpers.links.cancel")),
                root_path, :class => 'btn btn-default' %>

i tried this but it didn't work either:

<%= link_to t('.cancel', :default => t("helpers.links.cancel")),
                root_path('#panel_projects'), :class => 'btn btn-default' %>

Where as #panel_projects is the tab link which i want the users to get to after getting redirected.

Does anybody know how to accomplish this? Preferably without Javascript.

Answer 1

You can use the anchor (find it in the examples ) parameter:

<%= link_to(
      t('.cancel', :default => t('helpers.links.cancel')),
      root_path(anchor: 'panel_projects'), 
      :class => 'btn btn-default') %>