Prevent making a request if clicking on local anchor link

History.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 == Trunk
 
+* Prevent making a request if clicking on local anchor link (Patch from Kamal Fariz Mahyuddi)
 * Serialize empty text field values just like browsers (Patch from Kamal Fariz Mahyuddi)
 * Added clicks_link_within(selector, link_text), allowing restricting link search 
 to within a given css selector (Path from Luke Melia)

lib/webrat/session.rb

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ module ActionController
         http_method = http_method_from_js(onclick)
         authenticity_token = authenticity_token_value(onclick)
         
-        request_page(http_method, href, authenticity_token.blank? ? {} : {"authenticity_token" => authenticity_token})
+        request_page(http_method, href, authenticity_token.blank? ? {} : {"authenticity_token" => authenticity_token}) unless href =~ /^#/ && http_method == :get
       end
       
       def find_field_by_name_or_label(name_or_label) # :nodoc:

test/clicks_link_test.rb

@@ -182,4 +182,12 @@ class ClicksLinkTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     @session.clicks_link_within "#container", "Link"
   end
 
+  def test_should_not_make_request_when_link_is_local_anchor
+    @response.stubs(:body).returns(<<-EOS)
+      <a href="#section-1">Jump to Section 1</a>
+    EOS
+    # Don't know why @session.expects(:get_via_redirect).never doesn't work here
+    @session.expects(:send).with('get_via_redirect', '#section-1', {}).never
+    @session.clicks_link "Jump to Section 1"
+  end
 end