Is it possible to show a rendered link to a heading on my confluence space's overview page?

[Peter Miller]

Normally when i paste a copied link to a heading from a confluence page, i get a nice rendered link like this:

However when i copy a link from my confluence space's overview page, this rendering does not work. I copy it like this

But when I paste it, I cannot get it to render nicely in confluence:

[Kris Klima _K15t_]

Hi @Peter Miller 

1. I copied a link to an H2 (in the edit mode).
   
2. Pasted the link onto another page.
3. Then I used the link options menu 
   
4. And it rendered properly (showing embed, but it work with inline and card options too)
   

If you click Link preferences (see step 3), you'll be able to set the default behavior for your links. https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/link-preferences 

As a side note from anecdotal evidence and personal experience...

• Once in a while, stuff happens on Confluence that renders rendering links unreliable for a couple of hours.
• If you do a lot of changes on your side, indexing has troubles catching up and while linking works upon copy/paste, rendering might not for certain pages. You can request re-index via Atlassian Support or trigger re-indexing manually by importing a mock space.

[Liam - DevSamurai]

Hi @Peter Miller 

I tested it on my instance too – Smart Links (the feature you mentioned) don't support rendering URL with #heading from the Overview page yet. It only renders a link to the page itself (without a #heading).

Some temporary solutions I would recommend if you want your page to look clean:

• Use a regular hyperlink to your manually typed text
• Link directly to the overview page (not including #heading) with a note to locate the specific heading

Hope it helps 🙌