I wrote and added a simple JQuery script to the Custom HTML header of my Confluence Site

This works around this issue in all browsers by adding a space before hash symbol in the anchor tag's href attributes that are part of the 'toc-link' css class.
Example Before: <a href="#sectionid" class="toc-link">
Example After: <a href=" #sectionid" class="toc-link">

BTW, needed the SetTimeout to delay things a bit for Firefox.

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
//--- Fix Table of Content Hashtag links Jquery----
//--- Adding space to the beginning HREF for all in the toc-link class---
$( document ).ready(function() {
setTimeout(function() {
$('.toc-link').each(function()

);
}, 200);
});
</script>

@Helen that's a shame but thanks for pointing it out... I've added a note to my comment to avoid giving others false hope.

@Simon - thanks for sharing but we used Confluence Cloud so no custom HTML for us!

Just run into this issue as well. I have applied this HTML as a fix, in the Custom HTML 'end of Body' section:

<script type="text/javascript">
// Make the hash links work in the toc macro.
// Workaround for this bug: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-39960
// Place this in the Custom HTML. It has to be in the 'end of Body', not the
// head, so that the toc links are loaded.
AJS.toInit(function() {
AJS.$('.toc-link').click(function() {
var hash = AJS.$(this).attr("href");
var target = AJS.$(hash);
if (target.length > 0)

});
});
</script>

Formatted version -> more readable: http://www.freytag.org.uk/snippets/conf-toc.html

Helen has pointed out below that this won't work on Confluence Cloud, because you cannot add Custom HTML.

@Joshua... The problem (for me) is that the global theme does not provide the features that I need... The navigation looks horrible in the global theme and contains features that I really DON'T want—I cannot switch these features off. So I will complain about it until someone at Confluence fixes the global theme... At this point I will switch to the global theme. If they take away the documentation theme before fixing the global theme, I will continue to complain.

@Jeffrey / @Paul / @Ross

@Micaela's suggestion worked perfectly for me and nothing changed (not my directory tree, not my TOC) once applied correctly:

"@Joshua,

For my scenario, I had one of my site's spaces set to use the Documentation Theme. This is where I was seeing the issue with the TOC links not working after the last Cloud update. Once I changed the theme to the Global theme, the TOC links started working.

To view Space specific theme follow these steps:
As an admin, click Spaces > Space Directory > Select Space details icon for one of your spaces > Look and Feel tab

You will have the option to set the theme to Global or Documentation.

Hope that helps."

It's pretty ridiculous that THIS doesn't work.
Now I have to sit and spend hours trying to figure out how to list the headings in the macro.
Everything I've tried doesn't work.

Table of content zone only works if you list the headings:

• Heading 1
• Heading 2
• Heading 3

If you want to display them flat:
A | B | C | D | etc....
the links don't work...

True. Very disappointing. I'm starting to question whether this tool is ready for prime time anymore.
Simple stuff like this shouldn't be a problem you won't fix.

Very disappointing resolution.