Add anchors to prexpanded sections on certain settings pages

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Description

Often times when helping users I need them to edit a specific setting on their project. Currently the most context I can provide in a link is which settings page they need to be on. The specific section of the page that needs to be expanded still needs to be communicated. This seems unnecessary.

Proposal

Provide link anchors on each section title of each settings page. When visiting that anchor, the section is preexpanded so that the relevant individual settings are already visible.

This is only relevant on pages with expand/collapse sections:

  • General
  • Repository
  • CI / CD

I'm no UI expert but I believe the "chain link" icons next to headers in rendered markdown files are exactly what could be used here.

Examples:

/settings/ci_cd#runners_settings
/edit#merge_request_settings
Edited Jun 20, 2025 by 🤖 GitLab Bot 🤖
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