How to route a url to include scrolling down to a div id in Laravel - html

Question

I am validating a contact form. I wrapped it in a div with the id of "contactform". When validation messages appear after submission I want the redirected page to scroll down automatically to the "contactform" div so users don't have to scroll down themselves to correct the form.
I can accomplish this easily by manually typing the url:localhost:8000/#contactform
However I cannot get the routing to work in Laravel.
I tried altering the controller to:
return Redirect::to('/#contactform');
I tried:
return Redirect::to('#contactform');
return Redirect::to('/' . '#contactform');
return view('/')->with('#contactform');
return view('/#contactform');
return view('/pages.index.#contactform');
return view('/pages.index#contactform');
They all return without the #contactform in the url.
I know there is a javascript way to accomplish this, but I was really trying to stay away from javascript for now. There has to be a simpler way I just cannot see it. I'm new to Laravel and completely self-taught. Thanks
***EDIT
I tried a new controller step by step. Without validation it works. Validation seems to break it.
This works:
public function store() {
return (string) Redirect::to('/#contactform');
}
This breaks it:
public function store(Request $request) {
$this->validate($request, [
'first_name' => 'required',
'last_name' => 'required',
'email' => 'required|email',
'telephone' => 'nullable',
'comments' => 'required',
]);
return (string) Redirect::to('/#contactform');
}
The top of the controller page I call the request and redirect like this:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect;
Can anyone help me get down to the reason why I cannot validate without breaking the url route?

Answer 1

On validation failure it will cause a redirect 'back'. It is entirely possible that 'back' is the same URI you want to redirect to, so from your perspective it looks like it is redirecting wrong when it is correct. If you remove the validation you should get the correct redirect.
Side note: On the server side the hash is not part of the URL. It is a client side thing.

Answer 2

A solution that works for me is to compact() a Boolean variable through the controller.
Link example
Passing the variable to the controller
Route::get('/post={post_id}+{scroll}',[PostController::class, 'show']);
If the variable equals 'scroll' then switch the boolean variable to true
public function show($post_id, $scroll){
if($scroll == 'scroll'){
$scroll = true;
}else{
$scroll = false;
}
return view('yourview', compact('scroll'))
}
Run the script if $scroll is true
<script>
#if($scroll)
$(document).ready(function () {
$('html,body').animate({ scrollTop: 99999 }, 'slow');
});
#endif
</script>