How to make added anchors show up to be copied on hover?

[Robert Leach]

I added anchors in a table on every row so that I could link to a specific row from other docs.  After updating the doc with the table and anchors, I expected that the anchors would show up on hover so I could copy them and paste that link into other docs such that when those links are clicked on the other page, the doc with the table would load and scroll to the anchor...

Why isn't that what happens?  Or how do I make it so those anchors behave like other automated anchors for headings in a page, and show up when I hover my mouse on that line/row?

I can still make the anchors' functionality work, but I'm forced to "edit" the document, click the anchor, copy its link, and paste that link into another page.  Subsequently clicking that link on the other page does what I expect: the page with the table loads and is scrolled to the anchor.

What am I missing?  How can I make the manually added anchors behave like the automatic heading anchors and show up on hover?

(Incidentally, it would be nice if I could apply the anchor to text on the page [i.e. wrap the text in an `a` tag for the anchor] so that hovering on that text will reveal the anchor copy icon.)