How to prevent content pages from scrolling unexpectedly when interacting with a portlet below the fold

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Published Jul. 2, 2025

How to prevent content pages from scrolling unexpectedly when interacting with a portlet below the fold

Written By

Caleb Bartles

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Issue

When interacting with a Liferay DXP portlet below the fold of a Content Page, the page unexpectedly scrolls to the top. The result of the interaction is properly displayed, but the user must scroll down to view the result:
This behavior remains with the SPA OSGi module active and not disabled.

Environment

Liferay DXP 7.2

Resolution

This issue can be resolved by adding the following configuration to the portal-ext.properties file in Liferay DXP:
```
portlet.url.anchor.enable=true
```

Additional Information

The addition of this portal property will treat the portlets' URLs as an anchor and jump to the specific tab that the user interacted with. As such, the DXP Content Page will not scroll to the top of the page when interacting with a portlet.
For additional information, please reference the following articles: