Open Research Workshops | University of Salford

Library spaces | University of Salford

Faith | University of Salford

Your Library account | University of Salford

Find Dissertations and Theses | University of Salford

Research Data Management | University of Salford

New students | University of Salford

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

linking-to-anchor-on-page-that-does-not-exist

August 2025

July 2025

University of Salford Manchester

	Title / URL	Issues
	Open Research Workshops \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/library/open-research/open-research-workshops	2
	Library spaces \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/library/know-how/library-spaces	1
	Faith \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/askus/support/faith	1
	Your Library account \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/library/know-how/your-library-account	1
	Find Dissertations and Theses \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/library/find-resources/find-dissertations-and-theses	1
	Research Data Management \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/library/open-research/research-data-management	1
	New students \| University of Salfordwww.salford.ac.uk/library/know-how/new-students	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

University of Salford Manchester

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