Dreamweaver CC Named Anchor Tag Missing?

Historically,  I’ve avoided using named anchors, and I think my reasons may extend to the updated "link to ID" method discussed on this thread. 

If I recall correctly, over 5 years ago I did some experiments and determined that positioning on "short"  target pages isn't satisfactory.  The linked-to anchor point may not --cannot?-- be positioned at the top of the page.  (Maybe this has been improved in recent years... if so, please post back with a few words of explanation.)  In such cases, there seems to be no way of directing the visitors attention to the exact target, which I saw as a strong reason to avoid this technique.

A recent reason to re-examine this:  I now need to provide a master glossary page for groups of pages. The referring text should lead directly to the relevant definition in all cases.     Visitors may choose to ignore links on technical terms, to follow links in specific cases, or to visit the glossary page to study multiple terms in parallel.

Fast forward: I found this thread.

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As a greybeard, especially, I understand the point raised by some in this thread:  change IS difficult.  For me, forgetting the old method and now identifying the link target by ID is easy.  I didn't use the old method, and the new one seems logical and forward-looking. 

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From now on, how might a DW user go about managing multiple  link targets in a page?

A basic: seeing the targets.   As I recall, in past versions of DW, one could make named anchors visible in Design View  as a colored shield.   Is this still possible?  Does it apply to the old method of indicating link targets, the new, or both?  I set up test instances of both in a page.  In DW CC, I went to Preferences --> Invisible Elements  and I checked ALL boxes.   Nope,  lots of invisibles now visible, but no corresponding shield for either type of target.  Am I missing something?   Is there another setting? 

If there’s no visibility of IDs in Design View, and DW CC doesn’t offer any other link-target management, some of us can use Code View.  I can see exploring what’s allowed in IDs  (in 4.01 Transitional —what I’m using now— and the future) and coming up with a personal naming standard I can use to make it easier to “see” IDs I intend  as link targets.    Better than nothing, but doesn’t seem particularly efficient.

Generally, this seems like extra trouble and applicable only to people who are  comfortable with Code View.  I get the idea that using named targets has not been strongly supported in the past, and seems on the edge of being deprecated now.     Is that correct?  

Are there a simple alternative methods for achieving the same result?  

TIA

Named anchors are deprecated since HTML4.  It's much simpler to use Div IDs in your markup:

     <div id="foo">

          Some content here....

     </div>

Then link to the ID on the same page like this:

     <a href="#foo">Some Link</a>

Or to a different page like this:

    <a href="pagename.html#foo">Some Link</a>

Nancy O.